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The Hospital of the Blessed Trinity, better known as Abbot's Hospital, is a Jacobean building founded by George Abbot, the Archbishop of Canterbury (1611-1633), in 1619[1]. It is situated on the High Street in Guildford, and is opposite the Holy Trinity Church, where George Abbot is buried[1].
Owners of the hospital, which is now town centre accommodation and has been for some 400 years[1], launched a Heritage Appeal in 2004 to raise some £564,000[2] for much needed restoration work, to repair damage after years of continual use since 1619[1].
The Hospital can currently house up to 26 residents, originally Abbot’s accommodated only single people but a new block, built within the grounds in 1984, now enables 7 couples to be housed[1].
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Guildford Hospital
George Abbot, born the son of a local worker in 1562, was educated at the Grammar School, went to Oxford University in 1579 and became University Vice-Chancellor in 1600, Bishop in 1609 and went on to be appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the English Church in 1611.
In 1619, he began building the Hospital of the Blessed Trinity in the High Street, now referred to as Abbot
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- 1661
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May: 4