Thrale history
Thrale Almshouses (1832-1930), 103-105 Streatham High Road, Streatham, Surrey, England
Tree: UK Thrale family
Notes:
A historical form of charitable housing for the poor, elderly, or disabled, the Thrale Almshouses were established by the four daughters of Henry and Hester Thrale:
Originally located at 103-105 Streatham High Road in 1832, they were rebuilt in 1930 at 27 Polworth Road, Streatham, Surrey and modernised and expanded in 2015.
- Hester Maria;
- Susannah Arabella;
- Cecilia Margaretta;
- Sophia (via her widower, Henry Merrick Hoare).
Originally located at 103-105 Streatham High Road in 1832, they were rebuilt in 1930 at 27 Polworth Road, Streatham, Surrey and modernised and expanded in 2015.
1832
The Thrale Almshouses were built at 103-105 Streatham High Road next to the police station in 1832 to provide subsidised lodgings for four poor widows or single women of Streatham who had "attained an honest old age".A plaque on the almshouses were inscribed:
... which translates as:QUATUOR MULIERIBUS,
QUÆ IN HÂC PAROCHIÂ PAUPERES
SENECTUTEM HONESTAM ATTIGERINT,
HENRICI THRALE QUATUOR NATÆ
HAS ÆDES
DOMICILIUM POSERUNT.
A.D. MDCCCXXXII.
Four women
who, in this pauper parish,
have attained honourable old age,
the four daughters of Henry Thrale,
have established
this dwelling.
A.D. 1832.

Thrale Almshouses, 103-105 Streatham High Road, 1931.
1930 demolition and relocation
In 1930 the almshouses were rebuilt and upgraded at 27 Polworth Road, after which this land was sold for retail redevelopment.This site today
The site of the original Thrale Almshouses was redeveloped and as of 2020, a public house named Pratts & Payne was operating there.
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Matches 1 to 5 of 5
Last Name, Given Name(s) ![]() |
Note ![]() |
Person ID | Tree | |
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1 | ![]() | 1832 | I106 | UK Thrale family |
2 | ![]() | 1832 | I96 | UK Thrale family |
3 | ![]() | 1832 | I94 | UK Thrale family |
4 | ![]() | 1832 | I95 | UK Thrale family |
5 | ![]() | 1832 | I93 | UK Thrale family |