Longstowe, OS map 1886
Hospital of St Mary, Longstowe
History of the Hospital of St Mary
Shortly before 1250, Walter, Vicar of Longstowe, founded an almshouse for a small religious community for women next to Ermine Street. the house never flourished and had probably died out by the end of the 14th century.
The site was marked by a small most just south of the Fox Inn Crossroads; the field to the south was known as ‘Nun’s Field’ in 1799.
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