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JOHN SAYERS BREAD DOLE WOODBRIDGE SUFFOLK

John Sayer Charity, Woodbridge Suffolk. England 1975. Loafs of bread left for the poor in the Bread Cupboard in porch of St Marys Church.<br />
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Written on the  Bread Cupboard, “In the Year 1638; JOHN SAYER of this Parish Yeoman, devifed Lands in Melton, in Trust, that the Rents thereof and should be applied in providing Bread; to be distributed amongst the poor of this Parish every Sabbath Day for ever.”
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1970s bread dole Woodbridge, Suffolk.
John Sayer Charity, Woodbridge Suffolk. England 1975. Loafs of bread left for the poor in the Bread Cupboard in porch of St Marys Church.

Written on the Bread Cupboard, “In the Year 1638; JOHN SAYER of this Parish Yeoman, devifed Lands in Melton, in Trust, that the Rents thereof and should be applied in providing Bread; to be distributed amongst the poor of this Parish every Sabbath Day for ever.”

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Date: 11 Mar 2015
Location: Woodbridge Suffolk, UK
Credit: Homer Sykes
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