We came across this building in Great Yarmouth recently. It looks like a row of alms houses around a courtyard behind an iron gate.
The plaque below the pediment ...
... reads "An Hospital for Decayed Fishermen founded by The Corporation 1702"
Marston
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Away a little earlier this morning arriving at Big Lock just as a boat was
leaving, going down, so we followed by ourselves. I don’t recall this sign
las...
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1 comment:
I wonder what a decayed fisherman looks like! A rather odd adjective to use :)
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