JEAN GUMBRELL returns to Hempstead to find out about the history of the almshouses. Pictures by Tony Jedrej. ..
... Jedrej. pect their families to look after them in old age, those from outside were destined to finish their lives in the workhouse in Saffron Walden. Miss Rutland saw the need to provide accommodation for such people and in 1862 built, at her own expense ...