Information for record number MWA3611:
Elborough Almshouses, St.John Street, Rugby

Summary Elborough Almshouses, houses built for poor people to live in during the Imperial period. They are situated on St. John Street, Rugby. Earlier spelling Elborow(e)
What Is It?  
Type: Almshouse
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Rugby
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 50 75
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 The original almshouses were in High Street but were pulled down to make way for the Town Hall (WA 3625).
2 The present ones were built in 1885 and consist of a group of six similar redbrick cottages with black brick decoration, with a larger house at the east end of the block. In normal use.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Rugby, Past and Present
Author/originator: Wait W O
Date:
Page Number: 136
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Kilburn C D
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3182
   
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ALMSHOUSE * A house devoted to the shelter of the poor and endowed by a benefactor for this use. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument TOWN HALL * A large building used for the transaction of the public business of a town, the holding of courts of justice, entertainments and other activities. back

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