The pretty timber-framed almshouses in Berrington Street were founded by a Mrs Mary Price, who bought property here with adjoining orchards in the 17th Century. Mrs Price endowed £200 for the provision of six dwellings for ‘poor widows and single women of good character’ – another stipulation was that the women should be at least 60 years old. Mrs Price died in 1638 and the present almshouses acquired their name from the granddaughter of one of her executors, who married Harcourt Aubrey.
