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| The Old Stone Gateway. |
Sunday July 30, 2023.
It was while walking through the City of Westminster, on a Sunday afternoon with drizzle falling from the leaden sky, that I passed by this odd little stone gateway.
It is not completely out of keeping with the area and fits nicely with the building behind which it stands, but I was still unsure as to what its purpose was.
The engraved stone above the gateway states...
“Here are several Sorts of Work for the Poor of this Parish of St Margaret’s Westminster. As also the County, according to law. and for such as will beg and live idle in this City and Liberty of Westminster, Anno 1655.”
This didn't exactly clear up the matter of the gateway for me, but rather made its purpose more confusing.
