Foord Almshouses Nos 48-64

Foord Almshouses Nos 48-64 is a residential building in Cuxton, Medway, England. Foord Almshouses Nos 48-64 is situated nearby to the recreation area The Alps, as well as near the nature reserve Watts Meadow.

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Type: Residential building
Description: almshouse in Medway, Kent, England, UK
Also known as: “Foord Almshouses”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rochester Cathedral and Fort Borstal.

Rochester Cathedral

Church

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Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is in Rochester, Kent, England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester and seat of the Bishop of Rochester, the second oldest bishopric in England after that of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Rochester Cathedral is situated 1 mile northeast of Foord Almshouses Nos 48-64.

Fort Borstal

Fort

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Fort Borstal was built as an afterthought from the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, by convict labour. Construction started in 1875 but was suspended in 1885. Fort Borstal is situated 2,700 feet southwest of Foord Almshouses Nos 48-64.

St Matthew’s

Church

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St Matthew’s is a church, which is situated 2,100 feet southwest of Foord Almshouses Nos 48-64.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borstal and Rochester.

Borstal

Village

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Borstal is a location in the Medway unitary authority of Kent in South East England. Originally a village near Rochester, it has become absorbed by the expansion of that town. The youth prison at Borstal gave its name to the Borstal reform school system.

Rochester

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Rochester is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Chatham and Gillingham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.