Poor boxes - St. Andrew - Eakring, Nottinghamshire, UK
Posted by: SMacB
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Two wooden poor boxes in St Andrew's church, Eakring.
Waymark Code: WM131GC
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/26/2020
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Two wooden poor boxes in St Andrew's church, Eakring. The oldest, located near the font, is a timber column poor box with a moulded base on a chamfered stem. It has an iron clasp over a hinged lid. The panelled front is inscribed '
Remember ye poor 1718'.
Peter Laycock, first cousin of William Mompesson (
visit link) , was responsible for the installation of the Poor Box of 1718 - an item noted as missing at an Archdeacon’s Visitation many years earlier.
On the other side of the aisle, near the north door, is a newer 19th century iron bound poor box mounted on a shaped bracket.