The Willoughby Almshouses were erected in 1685 in Cossall

Cossall

Cossall is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 1 mile east of Ilkeston. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 612. To the north of the hamlet is a large hill or slag heap, produced from tons of waste extracted from the local coal mines....

, Nottingham

Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

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These were originally for "4 single poor men over 60 years of age and 4 single poor women over 55 years of age".

There was an endowment of a farm at Roston and local land rents to give the residents a pension of £10 per year and a new grey cloth gown worth 3d per yard every 2 years, and 5 shillings worth of coal yearly.

The charity which supports the almshouses, Charity 214252, is still administered by Lord Middleton

Baron Middleton

Baron Middleton, of Middleton in the County of Warwick, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1711 for Sir Thomas Willoughby, 2nd Baronet, who had previously represented Nottinghamshire and Newark in Parliament...

, the descendents of George Willoughby.