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Devonshire Almshouses, Full Street, c 1777?
Image ref
DCHQ200340
Credit
Miss Frances Webb
ImageDate
c 1777?
Location
Full Street
Town
Derby
About this image
The Devonshire Almshouses had originally been built as a humble row of cottages by Bess of Hardwick and were rebuilt c 1777 in this grand form by the Countess of Shrewsbury.
This image is one of a collection by the famous local antiquarian, Thomas Bateman, of Middleton by Youlgreave. (1821-1861). Bateman organized his collection by inserting them into a 4 volume copy of Lysons Magna Britannia, Derbyshire, creating a fascinating and unique illustrated record of the county. The purchase of the collection for Derbyshire Libraries was made possible by the generous bequest of Miss Frances Webb of Whaley Bridge, well known local historian, who died in December 2006.
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