What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: William Lench (d. 1525) A Tanner of Moor Street. Created Lench's Trust by Deed of Gift in 1525. Provider of almshouses in Birmingham through the succeeding centuries. Recorded plaque organisation: Birmingham Civic Society.
William Lench was a tanner who established Lench's Trust in 1525, providing for the creation and maintenance of almshouses in Birmingham that have served the community for centuries.
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