The Poor Close Allotment Association

You will find the allotments to the South of the recently purchased extension to the Collingham Cricket Club.

A brief history:-

The land that now forms the allotments was bequeathed to the village in 1699, for the benefit of the poor.  Produce and rents derived were distributed twice a year to the needy.  Later the income from rents was used to help finance the Baptist School in North Collingham and for other charitable purposes…

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