The Almshouses, Cambridge Street

The Almshouses, Cambridge Street, 1910: LRO

An interesting building/ area. What's left of it? Is it still there? Does anyone have any info on it? What was it used for?

There is a nameplate on the first pic on the corner of the building that has a plaque saying, 'these almshouses were built by the Corporation of Liverpool in the year of 1787 in lieu of others formerly erected for certain charitable purposes.....'

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Originally Posted by Kev

The Almshouses, Cambridge Street, 1910: LRO

An interesting building/ area. What's left of it? Is it still there? Does anyone have any info on it? What was it used for?

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Nothing's left of the building Kev. The site of the almshouses became the site of the Liverpool Maternity Hospital. As luck would have it, I posted a photo of the hospital in the September Picture of the Day series.

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Originally Posted by taffy

Nothing's left of the building Kev. The site of the almshouses became the site of the Liverpool Maternity Hospital. As luck would have it, I posted a photo of the hospital in the September Picture of the Day series.

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Well I never knew that. I have heard of those Alms houses and never knew their original location.

I had no idea it was by Oxford street.

Thanks for the info Taffy :PDT11

See 1848 map for location. It seems they were originally built in healthy open countryside in 1787. They housed 96 women in 48 tenements, each with 2 bedrooms and a living room. They were sold in 1911.

Source: Alan Godfrey Maps : 1848 Mount Pleasant Liverpool

Excellent Taffy. I've tried to locate where the site was and put in ontop of a map of the area now.

Its a bit confusing but you can make it out...