What is recorded here

This stone commemorative plaque records: Whereas 3 Alms Houses standing in Pebble Lane Warwick which received 6 poor persons given by Mr THOMAS OKEN deceased were burnt by the dreadful fire upon the 5th day of Sept. 1694 these Alms Houses to receive 12 persons were by the charity of said Thomas Oken Built upon the ground given by Mr NICH. IFFELER deceased to the same charitable office by the feossees of said charity upon the 20th Day of May Anno. Dom. 1696

Pebble Lane is historically significant for its Alms Houses, established through the charitable bequests of Thomas Oken and Nicholas Iffeler, which provided shelter for the poor in Warwick following a devastating fire in 1694.

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