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PENN AND WIDOW SMITH ALMSHOUSES A/FWA/C/K/08 [n.d.]

These documents are held at London Metropolitan Archives

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Administrative history:

Situated at Greenwich South Street, the almshouses were founded in 1884 by Ellen Penn following the death of her husband John Penn who was an engineer with works in Blackheath Road. A further two almshouses were added when Widow Mary Ann Smith's charity was included in the Penn benefaction

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