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The "houses" at Stephenson Court are named after various benefactors of the poor in Peterborough spanning a period of over 300 years.
MOUNTSTEVEN HOUSE
Edmund Mountsteven was an Elizabethan businessman who made a large fortune. He became a benefactor of the All Saint’s church Paston, When he died in 1635 he left a great deal of money for charitable causes, including the founding of 6 Almshouses at Paston.
The Vicar of Paston was appointed as a Trustee and still, to this day, the Vicar of Paston (whoever it is at the time) is a Trustee. This is known as an "ex-officio" Trustee.
Above the sedilia in All Saints Church there is a marble memorial to Edmund Mountsteven containing an effigy of a praying figure and an inscription.
The Almshouses at Paston.
MONTAGUE HOUSE
In 1744 Edward Wortley Montagu, MP for Peterborough, financed a workhouse which later became Wortley Almshouse. His wife, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, brought back to England a system of inoculation against Smallpox which she had discovered in Turkey.
The Wortley Almshouses in Westgate. They were sold off in 1969 to make way for the Queensgate Shopping Centre. By then they had fallen into disrepair and part of them were demolished. Those that survived became the Wortley Almshouses pub. This has now closed. The motto on the coat of arms means "After so many shipwrecks, a haven."
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