Malmesbury, Almshouses 1924
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The Hospital of the Order of St John the Baptist is situated at the junction of the Lower High Street and St John`s Street and by St John`s Bridge. The entrance to the hospital was through the medieval arched doorway. Above this doorway is an inscription describing the endowments given by the aldermen and burgesses of the Borough of Malmesbury to maintain the free school and almshouses. The date of the foundation of the hospital is uncertain, but the hospital was mentioned in the 13th- and 14th-century rentals of Malmesbury Abbey as having paid 2s 8¾d for the site. A prior with brethren and sisters cared for the sick. The building was an almshouse in 1622.
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