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Almshouses, Ewelme, Chilterns, Oxfordshire: the courtyard with the water pump in the foreground

RIBA Ref No RIBA27985
Artist/PhotographerDeakin, Ralph (1888-1952)
CountryUK: England
CityEwelme
Subject Date1400
Image Date1930
ViewExterior
StyleMedieval
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceDK/UK/60 (DKN/UK/88)
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditRalph Deakin / RIBA Collections
SubjectAlmshouses ; Fountains
NOTES: Ae-whylme is Anglo-Saxon for 'waters whelming' and the village dreives its name from a spring which empties into a rapid stream known as Ewelme Brook. The almhouses were established in 1437 by Alice de la Pole, Duchess of Suffolk.
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