September 2020 Advertiser Article

Aberford Almshouses 1850’s :: Photo by the architect George Fowler Jones

An article in the Leeds Intelligencer, dated May 10th 1845, titled: “The Gascoigne Alms-Houses at Aberford” set out information about the newly completed almshouses under the superintendence the architect Mr Jones. It goes on to say how the building erected at the expense of the Misses Gascoigne, daughters of the late Richard Oliver Gascoigne, Esq.,… Read the full article