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St Giles' Almshouses, Shrewsbury
The leper hospital of St. Giles was founded in 12th Century on the extreme edge of the town because of worries about the disease spreading. By Tudor times leprosy had died out in England and the hospital had become almshouses lived in by four poor people.
St. Giles Almshouses Shrewsbury reconstruction c1630 (image)
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The leper hospital of St. Giles was founded by 1136 with a chapel which still exists today. The hospital buildings were used as almshouses when leprosy disappeared from England.
The leper hospital of St. Giles was founded by 1136 with a chapel which still exists today. The hospital buildings were used as almshouses when leprosy disappeared from England.