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Ref No	UKPA/NBC/3/3/8
Collection	National Benevolent Charity Archive
Title	Trust of Frances George Knowles Foster and The Tapestries, Windsor
Date	19th-20th century
Extent	2 boxes
Description	Miss Frances George Knowles Foster (1884-1926) founded a group of alms-houses in the Old Windsor Tapestry Works buildings in Windsor c.1924. In 1950, her trustees passed the buildings to the National Benevolent Charity. The Tapestries were converted from an old tapestry factory which closed operations in 1890. It was offered for auction in 1904 and sold to the financier David Ricardo, whose son sold it to Frances George Knowles Foster in 1924.
Access conditions	This material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
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