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English: St Albans: Pemberton Almshouses These almshouses were founded in 1627 by Roger Pemberton, High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, reputedly as atonement for an accident when he killed a poor widow with a bow and arrow. The inscription in the white tablet at the top of the entrance arch reads:
"With Five Pounds Pr. Annum Each
Out of the Mannor of Shelton in Bedfordshire
By ROGER PEMBERTON of St. Albans Esqr.
Who was bury'd in the Church of St. Peter
Novr. 20th. 1627"
The road in the foreground is the A1081 St Peters Street, and the road to the right is Grange Street.
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Camera location51° 45′ 23.4″ N, 0° 20′ 05″ W  Heading=247° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Object location51° 45′ 22.8″ N, 0° 20′ 07″ W  Heading=247° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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