Some Pictures of Acton, Middlesex
The
Goldsmiths
The
famous Goldsmith John Perryn lived for a short time in a large house on
GOLDSMITHS'
ALMSHOUSES
In the year l808 a scheme was drawn up
for the erection of almshouses on Goldsmiths' Company property and in 1810 the
site at
The Almspeople were chosen from the
Settled Pension List and were always the oldest on the list. They each received
£100 a year in addition to their regular pensions and 1½ or 2 cauldrons of
coal. On the annual visitation the Wardens presented the inmates with £1
apiece.
The Rules and Regulations were stringent,
for example:- It was compulsory to attend Church twice every Sunday. The main
room was, later turned into a chapel.
The
two Chapels Anglican and Non-Conformist
The Cross of Sacrifice erected by the
Imperial war Graves Commission as a memorial to those who were lost in the
First World War, and subsequently the Second World War, who are buried in the
cemetery, but for whom there is no marked grave. A full list of those
commemorated is available on the Commonwealth
War Graves Website.
