Nantwich Almshouses

Many visitors to Nantwich spot some of the lovely buildings that are, or were, Almshouses. This booklet, by Andrew Lamberton and Glynn Skerratt, gives you the history of the following buildings:

• The Wilbraham Almshouses
• The Sir Edmund Wright Almshouses
• The Widows’ Almshouses
• The Old Maids’ Almshouse
• The Meakin & Delves Almshouses
• The Crewe Almshouses
• The Tollemache Almshouses
• The Harriet Hope Almshouses
• The Wood and Garnett Homes
• The Jubilee Almshouses

There is also information about some of the people who founded them – like Sir Roger Wilbraham and Sir Edmund Wright (the Nantwich man who became Lord Mayor of London).

The booklet has lots of photos, showing the different almshouses and even some of the people in them. A lovely booklet which anyone interested in the history of Nantwich will want.