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Raybell
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Linkfield Road, Isleworth
Raybell Court was built in 1976 on the site of Rayment’s
Almshouses and Bell’s Almshouses. Bell’s Almshouses
were built in 1822 as the Infirmary of the Parish Workhouse.
The Infirmary was sold in 1839 when the new Union Workhouse
was built and purchased by Isleworth Charity Trustees to house
six unmarried or widowed women. A separate building on the
same site provided housing for two married couples. These
buildings replaced an earlier almshouse founded by the Misses
Bell in 1739.
Rayment’s Almshouses were endowed by Samuel Rayment,
who rose from baker’s boy to become manager of the Isleworth
Flour Mill. Rayment’s Almshouses were built adjacent
to Bell’s Almshouses in 1936 to provide housing for
two married couples of not less than 60 years of age.
In 1976, both Rayment’s and Bell’s Almshouses
were demolished and replaced by Raybell Court, a complex of
26 one-bedroom flats on two floors. In selecting residents
for accommodation, preference is given to women for five of
the almshouses, to married couples for two of the almshouses,
and to married couples of not less than 60 years of age for
two more of the almshouses.
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