Almshouse - Wikipedia An almshouse (also known as a bede-house, poorhouse, or hospital) [1][2] is charitable housing provided to people in a particular community, especially during the Middle Ages They were often built for the poor of a locality, for those who had held certain jobs, or their widows, and for elderly people who could no longer pay rent
Almshouse | Origins, Uses Impact | Britannica Almshouse, in the United States, a locally administered public institution that provided housing and health care to people who were of limited financial means and were otherwise disadvantaged
Almshouses (Poorhouses) - Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia From the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth century, almshouses offered food, shelter, clothing, and medical care to the poorest and most vulnerable, often in exchange for hard labor and forfeiture of freedom
History of almshouses - The Almshouse Association Almshouses are often splendid historic buildings with fascinating features such as dedications, statues, inscriptions, coats of arms, clock towers and sundials Many retain beautiful chapels where regular services are still held and provide delightful gardens for their residents
The History of England’s Almshouses: From Medieval Origins to the . . . England’s almshouses form a living link between the medieval past and modern social care These charitable housing institutions, originally known as hospitals or “bede-houses” (from the Anglo-Saxon bede, meaning prayer), were established to shelter the poor, elderly and infirm, long before the welfare state
almshouses - Encyclopedia. com almshouses, also known as bede-houses, are buildings, usually purpose-designed, to provide accommodation for aged or frail people They were established at a time when there was no alternative welfare provision
Social Welfare History Project Poor Relief and the Almshouse A famous story by Sarah Orne Jewett describes a small Maine almshouse where elderly people came by choice each winter to avoid paying their heating bills and to have comradeship (Jewett, 1956)
Almshouses: What they are, how they were created and why theyre still . . . Although the school left smoky London for the green fields of Surrey in 1872, the almshouse remains, providing a home to 40 old men and (since 2018) women They live as a community, able to go out whenever they like, but eating meals in the 15th-century great hall if they wish to