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St Johns Hospital
Hob Uid: 65963
Location : Shropshire Oswestry
Grid Ref : SJ2900029500
Summary : Leper hospital and hospital for the poor founded between 1200 and 1210 and not suppressed. It was assigned to the Hospitallers of Halston after 1221 and at a later date it was partly dependent on Haughmond Abbey.
More information : A hospital dedicated to St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist at Oswestry was founded by Reiner, Bishop of St Asaph between 1200 and 1210 for lepers and the poor. The chapel, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, was situated in Church Street and was last recorded in 1577. (1,2)

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Monument Period Name : Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1210
Monument Type : Hospital, Leper Hospital
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Hospital
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Number : SJ 22 NE 15
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