'Nappers Mite' - Dorchester
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An Almshouse set up in Dorchester by Sir Robert Napier of Middlemarch in 1616 - now a restaurant.
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Close-up of the wall plate below the
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The Napier Coat of Arms is carved on the wall inside the building the inscription reads:- "LA MITE NAPPEIR BUILT TO THE HONOUR OF GOD BIE SIR ROBERT NAPPER KNIGHT ANNO XENODOCHIVM"
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