The site belongs to Zimrock Ltd, who lodged a planning application on 1 March, requesting a discharge of conditions 12 (archaeology) and 20 (phasing plan for highway works) 👇prestoncouncil
St Joseph’s Orphanage opened in Preston in 1872 on the site of a former almshouse, funded by a £10,000 donation from a wealthy widow named Maria Holland.
Preston had one of the worst mortality rates in the county due to poor housing and low-paid mill jobs causing illness, with a lack of funds for medication or treatment. The Sisters of Charity of our Lady Mother of Mercy ran the orphanage, the first welfare provider for Roman Catholic girls in Preston, taking up to 60 youngsters across two dormitories, with a chapel added in 1910 that held collections to help pay for health care for poor and sick children.They used the top floor as accommodation for the nuns working in the orphanage, and during the First World War, St Joseph’s provided care for wounded soldiers.
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