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.Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- 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
Photo: Raggatt2000, Public domain.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Medway Gate
Locality
Medway Gate, formerly Cuxton Pit No. 3, is a modern residential neighbourhood, built within a former chalk quarry, in Strood, in the Medway district, in the ceremonial county of Kent, England.
Foord Almshouses Nos 48-64
- Categories: almshouse and building
- Location: Cuxton, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.37661° or 51° 22′ 36″ northLongitude
0.49459° or 0° 29′ 41″ eastOpen location code
9F329FGV+JROpenStreetMap ID
way 552616667OpenStreetMap feature
building=residentialWikidata ID
Q17551584
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