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Napper's Mite about 1889 |
| By 1929 the Nappers Mite Almshouses had become little used and their
condition was poor. Napier Sturt Alington relinquished any further family involvement
with the almshouse. he arranged that the charity and its endowments should be administered and managed by the
trustees of the Chubb's and Whetstone's Almshouses that would become known, as "the Trustees of the Dorchester
Municipal Charities". From this point the number of residents declined along with the charity. Today Chubb, Whetstone and Napper's Almshouses remain a charity and are registered with the Housing Corporation. They provide sheltered units for 32 elsewhere in the town with no requirement for regular prayer by the residents |
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 The building next door to Nappers Mite is the former Hardye's School Building demolished in 1966. picture from an etching by Will Pye dated 1903
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