Hospital of St Nicholas
Description:
Hospital of St Nicholas...founded 1446 <1a>
In 1446, Wm Glover was granted land 'between the churchyard and the king's highway' upon which to build 'Town Almshouses'. Here, four persons of Newport were maintained until 1836 when the site of the building was required for the enlargement of the churchyard and he inmates were removed to premises in Vineyard Road <1b>
Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, Medium score as one of 10 Hospitals <2>
Shown on 1681 map of the town <3>
CMHTS Record Sheet <4>
CMHTS Report <5>
Country: England
County: Shropshire
Parish: Newport
Grid Reference:
SJ744192
SJ744191
Map Reference:
[EPSG:27700] 374400, 319200
[EPSG:27700] 374400, 319100
Period/Subject: MEDIEVAL TO POST MEDIEVAL - ALMSHOUSE, MEDIEVAL TO POST MEDIEVAL - HOSPITAL
Identifiers:
[ADS] Depositor Id: PRN 00810
[ADS] Import RCN: SALOPSMR-12917
People Involved:
[Publisher] Sustainability Group, Shropshire County Council
Bibliographic References:
- <00> Shropshire County Council SMR (nd) SMR Card Collection, SMR Card for PRN SA 00810
- <04> Buteux, V & Dalwood, H (1993-96) CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Much Wenlock and Newport, Newport 810
- <05> Buteux, V et al (1996) Archaeological Assessment of Newport, Shropshire (CMHTS)
- <01d> Clay, R M (1909) Medieval Hospitals of England, p316
- <01c> Gaydon, A T (ed) (1973) Victoria County History 2: Religious Houses, p110
- <03> Hill, W (1680) Map of the High Street of Newport
- <02> Horton, W B (1990-1991) MPP Evaluation File, Hospitals
- <01b> Jones, E (1885) Historical records of Newport, Co. Salop, p266-267
- <01a> Knowles, D & Hadcock, N (1971) Medieval Religious Houses of England and Wales, p328, p379
- <01> Ordnance Survey (1975) Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ71NW5
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