Almshouses, Ewelme, Chilterns, Oxfordshire: the courtyard with the water pump in the foreground
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Artist/Photographer | Deakin, Ralph (1888-1952) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Ewelme |
Subject Date | 1400 |
Image Date | 1930 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Medieval |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | DK/UK/60 (DKN/UK/88) |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Ralph Deakin / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Almshouses ; 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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