Stanwix Trust Minute Book 1890 - 1930
Title
Stanwix Trust Minute Book 1890 - 1930
Subject
A minute book for the administration of the Stanwix Trust in Thurles Co. Tipperary. 1890 -1930
Description
A manuscript minute book for the administration of the Stanwix Trust in Thurles Co. Tipperary. The committee administered the trust set up by Emma Stanwix, an absentee landlord who died in France in 1857, to build and run a hospital and alms-houses for poor old widows from the revenue of the Stanwix estate in Moycarkey Co. Tipperary. The alms houses are known locally as 'the Widows Homes' and were officially titled 'The Stanwix Hospital and Alms-houses'. The houses are red brick Arts and Crafts style, and they were built in 1889, to a design by Albert E. Murray. In all 18 houses were erected. The trust was dissolved in 2020 and the houses were taken over and refurbished by Thurles Lions Trust Housing Association. The refurbished homes were officially opened in May 2023. The minute book covers the period 1890 - 1930. Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Creator
Stanwix Trust
Source
Stanwix Trust
Publisher
Digitised by Tipperary Studies
Date
1890-1930
Contributor
Stanwix Trust
Relation
Tipperary Historical Journal 2022 - 'Background to Stanwix Hospital and Alms-houses, Thurles' by George Bourke
Format
PDF files
Language
English
Type
Manuscript minute book
Coverage
Thurles Co. Tipperary
Original Format
Manuscript minute book
Files
Collection
Citation
Stanwix Trust, “Stanwix Trust Minute Book 1890 - 1930,” Tipperary Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.tippstudiesdigital.ie/items/show/6249.