Give alms for better houses

The almshouses in Milton Abbas built by Sir John Tregonwell, an advisor to King Henry VIII, built the houses in 1647 are being refurbished. His will decreed that they should be used to house the local elderly people who were too poor to provide for themselves.

Read the full story in the Daily Echo.

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