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Robinson’s Almshouses

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Robinson’s almshouses at the corner of Mansfield Road and Percival Road were erected to commemorate Sir John Robinson becoming Sheriff of Nottingham and also the coming of age of his beloved only son, John Sandford Robinson, who laid the foundation stone on February 5th 1889, Sir John was the original owner of Daybrook Laundry and Robinson’s Brewery which became the Home Brewery Company in 1890; he also purchased Worksop Manor and lived there. He decreed that these almshouses were expressly for Nottingham People while those in Daybrook were for folk from Arnold. There accommodation for 12 aged couples who lived rent free and received 5 shillings per week for lighting and coal. Tragically, Sir John’s son, who played cricket for Nottinghamshire, died in a hunting accident in 1898, so these almshouses are effectively a memorial too.

The History of Sherwood: A Nottingham Suburb

Terry Fry 1989 page 56