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The Biggin Hitchin |
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Frith's Postcard No 49743 - photo taken 1903, copy known posted 1907. ~~~~~~~~ The Biggin has a complex history. It was built in 1361 by Sir Edward de Kendale as a priory for three Gilbertine canons. In 1585 it was the home of the Croocar family, and soon after Robert Snagge rebuilt it in its current form. By 1635 it was a school, and in 1723 it was used as a parish poor house. In 1812 it again became a school, and later in the century it became an alms house of old ladies. [more pictures and history in Old Hitchin] |
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The Biggin, Hitchin Published by Paternoster & Hales, Hitchin, No. 81725 Posted 1930 |
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Garret, The Biggin, Hitchin |
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