History

Almshouses for six widows were founded and endowed by Thomas Mendfield in 1614.

In 1721 Thomas Napleton founded and endowed houses for six men.

In 1840, Henry Wreight, local solicitor and former Mayor of Faversham, gave a bequest which enabled the rebuilding of the almshouses on a grand scale. The architects were Hooker and Wheeler of Brenchley

Brenchley

Brenchley is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.-History:The name is historically derived from Branca's Leigh. The parish is located east of Tunbridge Wells, and south of Paddock Wood, and includes the neighbouring village of Matfield...

, Kent and the rebuilding was complete by 1863. The builder was G W Chinnock Bros of Southampton

Southampton

Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest...

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The accommodation was modernised in 1982 at a cost of £1,000,000 (£ as of ),.

List of chaplains

• J.H. Talbot 1867 - 1870
• William Francis Hobson 1870 – 1881
• Henry Eldridge Curtis 1881 - ????
• Joseph Henry Miles 1922 – 1930

• Canon Tony Oehring