Faversham Almshouses are Grade II-listed almshouses in Faversham, Kent. They are operated by the trustees of Faversham Municipal Charities.
History
Almshouses for six widows were founded and endowed by Thomas Mendfield in 1614.
In 1721 Thomas Napleton founded and endowed houses for six men.Samuel Lewis: A topographical dictionary of England, 1840.
In 1840, Henry Wreight, local solicitor and former Mayor of Faversham, gave a bequest which enabled the rebuilding of the almshouses on a grand scale. The architects were Hooker and Wheeler of Brenchley, Kent and the rebuilding was complete by 1863. The builder was G W Chinnock Bros of Southampton.
The accommodation was modernised in 1982 at a cost of £ (about £ as of ).
List of chaplains
J. H. Talbot 1867–1870 William Francis Hobson 1870–1881Catherine W. Reilly: Mid-Victorian poetry, 1860–1879: an annotated bibliography Henry Eldridge Curtis 1881H. G. Dickson: The Churchman's Annual and Popular Handbook for 1882–???? Joseph Henry Miles 1922–1930 Canon Tony Oehring
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