The Castle Rising Sisters (Welsh Witches Tea Party) Matte Poster by Bleak Boutique features a vintage black and white photo of women dressed as witches in tall hats, enjoying tea outside Trinity Hospital, an Almshouse Charity.

The Castle Rising Sisters (Welsh Witches Tea Party) Matte Poster by Bleak Boutique features a black-and-white photo of six people in tall hats having tea, partially covered by a mannequin hand holding paper, set against a white background.

The Castle Rising Sisters (Welsh Witches Tea Party) Matte Poster by Bleak Boutique features women in pointed hats enjoying tea together outdoors at Trinity Hospital, captured in a vintage black-and-white style.

"Castle Rising Sisters" ("Welsh Witches' Tea Party") Matte Poster

The Castle Rising Sisters (Welsh Witches Tea Party) Matte Poster by Bleak Boutique features elderly women dressed as witches in pointed hats, gathered outdoors at Trinity Hospital with an old brick building and arched doorways in the background.

The Castle Rising Sisters (Welsh Witches Tea Party) Matte Poster by Bleak Boutique features eight elderly women in witch hats and cloaks enjoying tea outdoors by Trinity Hospital at Castle Rising.

"Castle Rising Sisters" ("Welsh Witches' Tea Party") Matte Poster

Name: "Castle Rising Sisters" ("Welsh Witches' Tea Party") Matte Poster
Brand: teelaunch
SKU: 12415
Price: 21.0 AUD
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"The Castle Rising Sisters" (a.k.a. "Welsh Witches' Tea Party")
Photograph by Unknown (England)

This photograph is commonly titled "Welsh Witches' Tea Party", but the subjects are not witches, nor are they Welsh. They are posed at Trinity Hospital, Castle Rising in Northampton, England. Trinity Hospital, Castle Rising was an Almshouse Charity, a place for unmarried (or widowed) poor women over age 56 to live.

The original requirements (circa 1600) were: “They must be of honest life and conversation, religious, grave and discreet, able to read, if such a one be had, a single woman, her place to be void on marriage, to be of 56 years at least, no common beggar, harlot, scold, drunkard, haunter of taverns, inns and alehouses.”

Fast-forward to the present day and the criteria of this almshouse charity is not quite as strict. The only qualifying requirement is for single women from parishes of Castle Rising, North Wootton, and Roydon who are in reduced financial circumstances. There’s no dress code these days either, yet the residents take great pride in dressing in the “uniform” (such as in the picture) provided by Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton for special occasions such as Founder’s Day.

Matte Poster
• Printed with Dye/Pigment Reactive Ink on Archival Matte Paper
• Shipped in Heavy Duty Poster Tube
• Heavy weight (210 gsm), thick base, and an instant-dry coating that resists fingerprints and smudging