Description of 8-C Almshouse Hill Formerly Delamore Hill
1. This recalls how the lower floor of the old almshouse was used as a lights factory during his youth and the upper floor was used as a boys' club and scout hut around the time of World War I.
2. A photo of some of the lights when the Venetian Light Works was in operation plus a view of site of the almshouse in 2000 thirty three years after its demolition.
3. A page giving information on various people, including Edmund Mauleverer, who donated various almshouses in the years between 1480 and 1660.
4. - 7. The Will of Edmund Mauleverer as published in The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal.
8. - 11. Agreement, with a list of conditions and comments, dated 11 October 2000, to a planning application for a 2 bedroom detached house to be built on the site.
12. - 13. A letter from the Department of Planning and Environment, dated 20 June 2001, reporting the granting of planning permission.
14. A plan of the village showing an outline of the site of the old almshouse plot to be developed.
15. - 20. Proposed plans for the house to be erected on the old almshouse site.
21. Hillside Cottage - A few words on the history of the house and a list of its owners from 1844 to 2000.
22. A photograph of a cottage on Almshouse Hill as it appeared in The Express in 1955 and one of Hillside Cottage taken in 2000.
23. A simple plan of the original Hillside Cottage modified to show where and when alterations and extensions were added.
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