Newman’s Charity The Corporation of Higham Ferrers have erected these houses for the purposes of the charity, the foundation stone having been laid on the 25th day of June A.D.1866
By Henry Greene Esq. Senior Alderman in the Corporation.
The Trustees of the will of the late Mr George Newman of Higham Ferrers, are directed with and out of the funds bequeathed to them, to hire and provide from time to time suitable Cottages of Alms Houses or a suitable Cottage or Alms House, for the residence of six old women wither widows or spinsters, inhabitants of the Parish of Higham Ferrers, and to pay each of such persons the sum of eight shillings per week for ever.
Permanent Dwellings [From a 1962 report]
Act
Scheme
No. of Houses
1919
Windmill Banks
20
1923
Westfields Street
4
1924
Simpson Avenue
36
George Street
24
60
1925
Newman Street
28
1936
King's Avenue
40
Newman Street
4
Lancaster Street
2
46
1938
Upper King's Avenue
32
1938
Chichele Close
12
1946
High Street Estate
136
1946
Wharf Road Estate
26
1946
Upper George Street
38
1946
High Street and Westfields Terrace
10
1946
Midland Road
4
1946
Elizabeth Way
44
1949
Saffron Road
1
1957
Warmonds Hill
8
Temporary Dwellings
1944
Upper King's Avenue
5
Chichele Street
5
10
Total
479
The Almshouses in 2011
Rushden Echo and Argus, 16th May 1947, transcribed by Kay Collins
HousingOccupation of the borough’s first post-war permanent Council houses should begin almost immediately. There will be no formal opening ceremony. The first tenants were selected some weeks ago and the Housing Committee sat until midnight on Monday to select the second batch.
