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1680 |
Samuel Atkinson, a wealthy carpenter leaves a legacy to establish Atkinsons Almshouses. |
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1707 |
Thomas Napier establishes a charity to endow the charity through land purchase. |
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Mr Watts gives land to Edgware Parish to establish a further charity whose income was given in aid of poor people in the parish. |
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1820 |
Edgware Parish decides to dedicate the income from Watts’ charity to Atkinson’s Almshouses. |
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1828 |
Wealthy entrepreneur Charles Day builds 8 one-room dwellings “for poor men and women of good character, with preference given to parishioners of Edgware and Little Stanmore”. Day’s generous but scandalous tale is told in Neil Price’s excellent book ‘Dickens’s Favourite Blacking Factory’ which is available on Amazon.
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1834 |
Day founds a charity to oversee the dwellings. |
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1842 |
Following Day’s death in 1836, his executors establish Day’s Almshouse Charity with the dwellings |
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1878 |
Harriet Hurst Charity founded to support Atkinsons almshouses. |
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1897 |
Atkinson’s, Watts’, Hurst’s and the unnamed charities are merged by a Charity Commission Scheme for “the provision of almshouses for poor persons of good character who have resided in the Ancient Parish of Edgware for at least 2 years.” |
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1940 |
Atkinson’s Almshouses destroyed by German bombs. |
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1957 |
Atkinson’s Almshouses rebuilt. |
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1960 |
2 more homes added to the Atkinson’s site with a 1943 legacy from the Margaret Abel Trust. |
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1972 |
Atkinson’s Almshouses upgraded with individual bathrooms. |
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2002-3 |
Day’s Almshouses undertakes a major refurbishment adding a rear extension and modern amenities to the properties. |
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2004 |
Day’s refurbishment receives a Patron’s award from the National Association of Almshouses. |
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2005 |
Atkinson’s and Day’s charities consolidated to establish “The Day’s and Atkinson’s Almshouse Charity” with the Charity commission. |
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2010-11 |
The combined charities to regenerate the site by buying the next-door house and increasing the number of dwellings from 6 to with a new three-storey block with 13 dwellings (7 2-bedroom and 6 1-bedroom flats) and 2 4-bedroom, semi-detached houses. |
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2015 |
Atkinson’s new build receives a Patron’s Award from then Prince Charles through the National Association of Almshouses. |
