The York Dispensary was founded in 1788 in a single room at the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall, offering free medical care to the poor and home visits when required. It later moved to St Andrewgate in 1808, before occupying a purpose-built building on New Street in 1829. By the end

Can we combine all of today's archive hashtags in one post? Yes we (tenuously) can!

We bring you 'Help', Railway Dog of England & absolute Bestest Boy, in 1883, collecting for orphans of railway workers, amongst boxes and a bow-clad child

#EYAPets #BoxesAndBows #ArchiveAdventCalendar

PhD viva examined and the report is in! What a fabulous couple of hours talking about research findings and contributions to knowledge. We could have gone on much longer! I'll reveal the name of the newly minted Dr and her topic once she does. Her mates have put on a party for her right now!

Picturesque Procession at Whittington is one of three posts based on newspaper reports from the early 1900s added by Linda J Bell to the blog of her Old Whittington #OnePlaceStudy. Check it out on #OnePlaceWednesday!

Before the introduction of the National Health Service in 1948, local hospitals were funded by subscriptions and voluntary contributions from individuals and local organisations. In 1922, the Abertillery & District Hospital Linen League was set up by local women to offer their help to the hospital.

Widows' Almshouses, Welsh Row, Nantwich: founded after the death of his wife and two sons within the space of a year, by Roger Wilbraham in 1676 when 'six widows took their lodging in the said almshouse; two in each house (for society)'. The charity continued into the 1930s.

The first recorded occasion was when the Maundy Thursday alms were distributed was in Knaresborough in Yorkshire In 1210 when King John distributed garments, forks, food, and other gifts to the poor of the town. The first recorded instance of the monarch giving out actual money

Caroline Court, Woodstock. Six almshouses founded in 1797 by the Duchess of Marlborough for 'widows or maidens, of the age of 55 or upwards ... of sober life and good character’. Taken over and extended as housing for elderly people by Woodstock Borough Council in 1968.

The story of lesbian couple, Anna Gurney & Sarah-Maria Buxton who lived in Overstrand, Norfolk in the early 19th century who were local philanthropists are told with other stories at the Millennium Library, Norwich. 👇
Archive reveals hidden stories of Queer Norfolk
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