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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D769/B/12/9
Former Reference	2076/3
Title	Larges Hospital Charity
Date	1879-c1977
Description	Memoranda book, Correspondence file 1966-1977, Charity Commission papers 1879-1976, Report of meeting 1955
Extent	1 volume, 3 files
Level	Series
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Larges Hospital Charity
Administrative History	In 1709, Edward Large devised certain lands in Derby to Trustees for the purpose of building 5 small almshouses for 5 poor Parsons or Vicars' widows, with the profits of the estate being divided equally amongst them. Sometime in the 1720s, one of these almshouses, Large's Hospital, was built on Nun's Green, Derby. It consisting of 5 small dwellings under one roof, with inmates paying £30 each.
Organisation Sub-Type	Hospitals
Related Material	See also D769/B/12/8 for other papers relating to the charity
Term	Hospitals
Term	Health services