1878 - Manor Cottages - Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire
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Manor cottages, Skellingthorpe, dated 1878.
Waymark Code: WMRC8T
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/07/2016
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Manor cottages on Lower Church Road, Skellingthorpe, dated 1878. Also on the building is Christ's Hospital coat of arms - These estate houses (or former estate cottages) were built thanks to Henry Stone (
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Henry Stone died in 1693. In his will he gave his Manor and land to Christ's Hospital, London. On the land they built cottages, a school and the pub.
In 1914 Christ's Hospital sold off by Auction all their properties in the Parish.
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