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workhouse, Keswick, Cumbria, NY26562352 -- Plaque on the site of the workhouse.
"THIS BUILDING STANDS ON THE SITE OF THE 'WORKHOUSE' FOUNDED BY SIR JOHN BANKES WHO WAS BORN IN THIS TOWN IN 1589, BECAME LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE COMMON PLEA, AND DIED AT OXFORD IN 1644, HIS LOVE FOR HIS NATIVE PLACE AND HIS WISE AND GENEROUS SYMPATHY FOR THE POOR AND NEEDY, ARE SHEWN BY THE ENDOWMENT, WHICH HAPPILY STILL ENDURES, AND IS KNOWN AS 'SIR JOHN BANKES' CHARITY.'" (photo 8.2.2008)