1891
Children's, homes, residential schools and orphanages in England, Wales and Scotland
in 1891
The importance of education in 1891
A series of Education Acts from 1870 onwards, meant that free education was offered to children. before this time, education was generally only available to those who could afford governesses or places in fee-paying schools.
In 1880, education for children was made compulsory up to the age of ten. Many of the institutions of 1891 listed below were thus having to offer schooling for their residents. Some children may have gone to local schools for this, but most, it would seem, were offered teaching in-house. The number of those instituted listed below which have taken the word 'school' in their title, reflects this.
Key
RD - Regstration DIstrict
Resid - number of residents in 1891. This could include children and residential staff.
Albyn Place Female Orphan Asylum
Old Machar Aberdeenshire
RD: Aberdeen. Resid: 42
Castle Terrace Sick Childrens' Hospital,
St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire
RD: St Nicholas. Resid: 87
Home for Girls
Old Machar Aberdeenshire
RD: Aberdeen. Resid: 17
Whitehall Industrial School
Old Machar, Aberdeenshire
RD: Aberdeen. Resid: 85
Rock Vale House Children's Home
Stevenston, Ayrshire
RD: Stevenston. Resid: 38
Canal Bank Children's Home
Stevenston, Ayr
RD: Stevenston. Resid: 40
Girls' Industrial School
Ayr, Ayrshire
RD: Ayr Resid: 46
Beds Reformatory
Turvey, Bedfordshire
RD: Bedford. Resid: 57
Children's Home
Luton, Bedfordshire
RD: Luton. Resid: 17
Girls' Home
Bedford Eastern Ward, Bedfordshire
RD: Bedford. Resid: 15
Orphanage & Deaconesses Home
Bedford Eastern Ward, Beds
RD: Bedford. Resid: 22
St Francis Home Orphanage For Boys
Shefford, Bedfordshire
RD: Biggleswade. Resid: 81
Boys' Home
Clewer, Berkshire
RD: Windsor. Resid: 51
Children's Home
Cookham, Berkshire
RD: Cookham Resid: 7
Gerald Villas Girls Home
Clewer, Berkshire
RD: Windsor. Resid: 7
Waifs & Strays
Thatcham, Berkshire
RD: Newbury Resid: 33
Information on Wairs and Strays
Christ Church Home For Girls & Boys
Birkenhead, Cheshire
RD: Birkenhead. Resid: 36
Girls' Certified Industrial School
Stockport, Cheshire,
RD: Stockport. Resid: 70
Girls' Home
Birkenhead, Cheshire
RD: Birkenhead. Resid: 9
Girls' Home
Hale, Cheshire
RD: Altrincham. Resid: 58
Girls' Training House
Sale, Cheshire
RD: Altrincham. Resid: 27
Home For Waifs & Strays
Kingsley Hall, Kingsley, Cheshire
RD: Runcorn. Resid: 43
Information on Wairs and Strays
Reformatory School
Bradwall, Cheshire
RD: Congleton. Resid: 78
The Children's Convalescent Home
Little Meolse, Cheshire
RD: Wirral. Resid: 35
Wirral Children's Hospital
Birkenhead, Cheshire
RD: Birkenhead. Resid: 43
Cherry Tree Orphanage
Totley, Derbyshire
RD: Ecclesall Bierlow. Resid: 57
Children's Hospital
St Alkmund, Derbyshire
RD: Derby. Resid: 36
Railway Servant Orphanage
St Werburgh, Derbyshire
RD: Derby. Resid: 3
The Orphanage
St Werburgh Derbyshire
RD: Derby. Resid: 13
The Orphanage
Moston Cheshire
RD: Chester. Resid: 12
British Seamen's Orphan Boys' Home
Brixham, Devon
RD: Totnes. Resid: 58
Ceritified Industrial Home
Merton, Devon
RD: Torrington. Resid: 20
Coombe Dennis Orphanage
High Week, Devon
RD: Newton Abbott. Resid: 28
Girls' Industrial School
Exeter, Devon
RD: Exeter. Resid: 21
Girls Reformatory
St Sidwell, Devon
RD: Exeter. Resid: 51
Industrial Homes
Kenton, Devon
RD: St Thomas. Resid: 25
Industrial School
Exminster, Devon
RD: St Thomas. Resid: 74
Reformatory School
Brampford Speke, Devon
RD: St Thomas. Resid: 33
Rose Hill Hospital for Children
St Mary Church, Devon
RD: Newton Abbot. Resid: 14
Royal Dockyard Orphanage
Devonport, Devon
RD: Stoke Damerel. Resid: 16
St Martha's Orphanage
St Sidwell, Devon
RD: Exeter. Resid: 29
St Vincent Orphanage Roman Catholic
Tormoham, Devon
RD: Newton Abbot. Resid: 59
The Orphanage
St Mary Church, Devon
RD: Newton Abbot. Resid: 59
Girls Training Laundry
Dumfries, Dumfriesshire
RD: Dumfries. Resid: 8
Glasgow Chapelton Girls' Reformatory
New Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire
RD: New Kilpatrick. Resid: 27
Deans Home For Girls
Westoe, Durham
RD: South Shields. Resid: 14
Friendless Girls House
Gateshead, Durham
RD: Gateshead. Resid: 10
Girls' Reformatory School
Bishop Wearmouth, Durham
RD: Sunderland. Resid: 43
Children's Home
Bishop Auckland, Durham
RD: Aucklane. Resid: 19
Rose Villa & Children's Institution
Datrlington, Durham
RD: Darlington. Resid: 8
Greens Home Industrial School
Westoe, Durham
RD: South Shields. Resid: 64
House For FriendLess Girls
Framwellgate, Durham
RD: Durham. Resid: 10
The Moor Orphan Asylum
Sunderland, Durham
RD: Sunderland. Resid 49
Girls' Industrial School
Bishop Wearmouth, Durham
RD: Sunderland. Resid: 66
St Joseph's Industrial School Tranent, Tranent, Haddingtonshire, East Lothian
RD: Tranent. Resid: 74
Hospital for Soldiers' Wives and Children
St Boltoph Essex
RD: Colchester. Resid: 11
Children's Home
Edmonton, Essex
RD: Edmonton. Resid: 29
Industrial School
Halstead, Essex
RD: Halstead. Resid: 77
Children's home
Auchtermuchty, Fife
RD: Auchtermuchty. Resid: 17
Orphanage Buildings
Wemyss, Fife
RD: Wemyss. Resid: 17
Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital
Rhuddland, Flintshire
RD: St Asaph. Resid: 64
Mrs Gladstone's Orphanage
Hawarden, Flintshire
RD: Chester. Resid: 28
Baldovan Institution for Imbecile & Orphan Children
Strathmartine, Forfarshire
RD: Strathmartine. Resid 93
Rossie Reformatory
Craig, Forfarshire (Angus)
RD: Craig. Resid: 83
Dale Cottage Industrial School
St Vigeans, Forfarshire RD: Arbroath. Resid: 30
HMS Havannah Industrial School
St Mary Cardiff, Glamorganishire
RD: Cardiff. Resid: 80
Industrial Home for Girls
Oystermouth, Glamorganishire
RD: Gower. Resid: 21
Reformatory School
Neath, Glamorganshire
RD Neath. Resid: 62
Truant Industrial School
Llansamlet Lower, Glamorganshire
RD: Swansea. Resid: 48
Asylum for Poor Orphan Girls
St James and St Paul Out, Gloucestershire
RD: Barton Regis. Resid: 46
Boys' Home
St Philip & St Jacob Out, Gloucestershire
RD: Barton Regis. Resid: 17
Boys Orphan Asylum
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
RD: Cheltenham. Resid: 17
Canadian Home For Girls Certified Home
Clifton, Gloucestershire
RD: Barton Regis. Resid: 23
Certified Industrial School
Bristol, Gloucestershre
RD: Bristol. Resid: 75
Children's Hospital
Longford Gloucestershire
RD: Gloucester. Resid: 38
Girls' Home
Barton St Mary, Gloucestershire
RD: Gloucester. Resid: 22
Girls' Home
Bristol, Gloucestershire
RD: Bristol. Resid: 20
Girls' Industrial House
Clifton, Gloucester
RD: Barton Regis. Resid: 26
Home For Sick Children
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
RD: Cheltenham. Resid: 29
Hospital for Sick Children and Women
Bristol, Gloucestershire
RD: Bristol. Resid: 94
Home For Crippled Children
Clifton. Gloucestershire
RD: Barton Regis. Resid: 31
Red Lodge Reformatory
Bristol, Gloucestershire
RD: Bristol. Resid: 46
Reformatory School
Oldland, Glooucestershire
RD: Keynsham. Resid: 82
Reformatory School
Hardwick, Gloucestershire
RD: Wheatenhurst. Resid: 71
The Orphanage
Bisley, Gloucestershire
RD: Stroud. Resid: 15
Working Boys' Home
Bristol, Gloucestershire
RD: Bristol. Resid: 23
Children's Nursing Home
Chipping Barnet, Hertforshire
RD: Barnet. Resid: 9
Children's Home
Alverstoke, Hampshire
RD: Alverstoke. Resid: 53
East Stoke House Training Home For Girls
South Hayling, Hampshire
RD: Havant. Resid: 14
Hants Reformatory
Eling Hampshire
RD: New Forest. Resid: 88
Hants Female Orphan Asylum
Southamppton, Hampshire
RD: Southampton. Resid: 57
Home Of Good Shepherd Training Home For Young Girls
Southampton, Hampshire
RD: Southampton. Resid: 12
Industrial School
St Mary Kalender, Hampshire
RD: Winchester. Resid: 94
Industrial Home Girls & Matrons
Fareham, Hampshire
RD: Fareham. Resid: 32
House For Sick Children
Portsea, Hampshire
RD: Portsea Island. Resid: 17
Industrial School
Andover, Hampshire
RD: Andover. Resid: 11
Purbrook Industrial School for Boys
Farlingham, Hampshire
RD: Havant. Resid: 79
Talbot Home Near Winton for Waifs and Strays
Holdenhurst, Hampshire
RD: Christchurch. Resid: 20
Information on Wairs and Strays
Training Home For Girls
Portsea, Hampshire
RD: Portsea Island. Resid: 10
Girls' Orphanage
Tupsley, Herefordshire
RD: Hereford. Resid: 26
Orphans' House Girls
Leominster Borough, Herefordshire
RD: Leominster. Resid: 18
Orphans' House Boys
Leominster Borough, Herefordshire
RD: Leominster. Resid: 22
St Vincent's Orphanage
Hereford Herefordshire
RD: Hereford. Resid: 63
The Orphanage
Eardisley, Herefordshire
RD: Kington. Resid: 12
Convalescent Hospital For Children
Aldenham. Herfordshire
RD: Watford. Resid: 34
Industrial School
Stapleford, Hertfordshire
RD: Hertford. Resid: 11
Reformatory School
Bengeo, Hertfordshire
RD: Hertford. Resid: 55
St Saviour's Orphanage
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
RD: Hitchen. Resid: 24
Highland Orphanage
Inverness, Invernessshire
RD: Inverness. Resid: 54
Industrial School
St Martin, Jersey
RD: Jersey. Resid: 103
Jersey Orphans' House
Grouville, Jersey
RD: Jersey. Resid: 117
Branch Of The Southwark Boys' Orphanage, St Lawrence, Kent
RD: Thanet. Resid: 33
Children's House
St Lawrence, Kent
RD: Thanet. Resid: 22
Children's Home And A Cottage
Woodchurch, Kent
RD: Tenterden. Resid: 12
Dover House C K Training Home For Girls
Ramsgate, Kent
RD: Thanet. Resid: 24
Gordon Boys' Orphanage
St James, Kent
RD: Eastry. Resid: 61
Gordon Home for Orphans
Birchington, Kent
RD: Thanet. Resid: 25
Industrial School
Thanington, Kent
RD: Bridge. Resid: 12
Industrial School
Maidstone, Kent
RD: Maidstone. Resid: 11
Roman Catholic Working Girls Institute
Charlton, Kent
RD: Eastry.
St Barnabas Orphanage
Chiselhurst, Kent
RD: Bromley. Resid 17
St Mary Magdalen Home for Children
Folkestone, Kent
RD: Elham. Resid: 40
St Michael's Orphanage
Chislehurst, Kent
RD: Bromley. Resid: 49
St Peter's Orphan & Convalescent Home
St Peter's, Kent
RD: Thanet. Resid: 91
Training Home For Girls
Maidstone. Kent
RD: Maidstone. Resid: 22
Catholic Children's Refuge
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
RD: Camlachie. Resid: 84
Whiteinch House Girls' Orphanage
Govan, Lanarkshire
RD: Partick. Resid: 31
Alsops Boys Home
Manchester, Lancashire
RD: Manchester. Resid: 8
Boys' Home
Blackburn, Lancashire
RD: Blackburn Resid: 28
Boys' Home
Broughton, Lancashire
RD: Salford. Resid: 95
Boys' Home
Liverpool, Lancashire
RD: Liverpool. Resid: 37
Boys' Refuge and Schools
Liverpool, Lancashire
RD: Liverpool. Resid: 146
Chadwicks Orphanage
Tonge with Haulgh, Lancshire
RD: Bolton. Resid: 47
Children's Nursery
Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire
RD: Barton upon Irwell. Resid: 34
Clio Boys' Home
Liverpool, Lancashire
RD: Liverpool. Resid: 16
Cornbrook Orphanage
Hulme, Lancs
RD: Chorlton. Resid: 8
Friendless Girls' Home
Preston, Lancashire
RD: Preston. Resid: 4
Girls' Home
Broughton, Lancashire
RD: Salford. Resid: 83
Gordon Boys Home
Chorlton upon Medlock, Lancashire
RD: Chorlton. Resid: 31
Home For Destitute Children
Everton, Lancashire
RD: West Derby. Resid: 20
House For Destitute Children
Bootle cum Linacre, Lancashire
RD: West Derby. Resid: 19
Industrial School
St Ann's, Formby, Lancashire
RD: Ormskirk. Resid: 197
House for Girls
Liverpool, Lancashire
RD: Liverpool. Resid: 18
Liverpool Charity Mission & Home For Orphans Toxteth Park Lancashire
RD: Toxteth Park. Resid: 15
New Boys' Home
Everton, Lancashire
RD: West Derby. Resid: 65
Ragged School
Everton, Lancashire
RD: West Derby. Resid: 22
Reformatory School For RC Girls
West Derby, Lancashire
RD: West Derby Resid: 72
St Agnes Orphanage for Girls
Kirkdale, Lancashire
RD: West Derby. Resid: 14
St Joseph's Orphanage and Convent
Preston, Lancs
RD: Preston. Resid: 64
St Josephs Girls Home
Manchester, Lancashire
RD: Manchester. Resid: 21
St Mary's Industrial School for Girls
Kirkdale, Lancashire
RD: West Derby. Resid: 75
The North Of England Children's Sanatorium North Meols, Lancashire
RD: Ormskirk. Resid: 52
The West Derby Orphanage
West Derby, Lancashire
RD: West Derby. Resid: 23
Toxteth Reformatory For Girls
Toxteth Park, Lancashire
RD: Toxteth Park. Resid: 63
Toxteth Park Girls' Industrial School
Toxteth Park, Lancashire
RD: Toxteth Park. Resid: 57
Training Home For Girls
Toxtech Park, Lancashire
RD: Toxteth Park. Resid: 15
Female Orphanage And Asylum
Leicester, Leics
RD: Leicester. Resid: 20
St Mary Magdalene Refuge & Friendless Girls House
Leicester, Leicecstershire
RD: Leicester. Reid: 33
German Orphan Asylum
Hackney, London
RD: Hackney. Resid: 37
The Reformatory
Hampstead London
RD: Hamostead. Resid: 60
Eastfield House Orphan School For Girls
Walthamstow,London, Essex
RD: West Ham. Resid: 35
Hospital Home For Children
Walthamstow, London Essex
RD: West Ham. Resid: 6
Knighton Home For Girls
Woodford, London Essex
RD: West Ham. Resid: 27
The Children's Home Of The Good Shepherd Industrial School
Leyton, London Essex
RD: West Ham Resid: 63
Boys' Home
Woolwich. London Kent
RD: Woolwich Resid: 49
Boys' Industrial House
Lewisham London Kent
RD: Lewisham. Resid: 45
Boys' Orphanage
Lewisham London Kent
RD: Lewisham. Resid: 48
Girls' Industrial Home
Lewisham, London, Kent
RD: Lewisham.Resid: 30
Home & Infirmary For Sick Children
Lewisham, London Kent
RD: Lewisham. Resid: 54
Home For Blind Children
Hampstead London Kent
RD: Hampstead. Resid: 27
A Home for Girls
Fulham, London Middx
RD: Fulham. Resid: 7
Alexandra Orphanage
Islington London Middlesex
RD: Islington. Resid: 175
Boys' Home
Bloomsbury, London Middx
RD: St Giles. Resid: 98
Boys' Home
St Andrew Holborn Above the Bars and St George The, London Middx
RD: Holborn. Resid: 26
Boys' Home
St Andrew Holborn Above the Bars and St George The, London Middx
RD: Holborn. Resid: 27
Clergy Orphan School
St Marylebone, London Middx
RD: Marylebone. Resid: 195
Home for Girls
Paddington, London Middx
RD: Paddington. Resid: 13
Home For Waifs & Strays
St Marylebone, London, Middx
RD: Marylebone. Resid: 43
Information on Wairs and Strays
Mount Hermon Orphanage
Hampstead, London Middx
RD: Hampstead. Resid: 21
Ragged School
St Andrew Holborn Above the Bars and St George London Middlesex
RD: Holborn. Resid: 91
Revd Dr Stainer's Home For Deaf & Dumb Children
Padington London Middx
RD: Padddington. Resid: 24
Miss Mc Pherson's Home for Children
Hackney London Midx
RD: Hackney. Resid: 48
St Mary Orphanage
Hammersmith, London Middx
RD: Fulham. Resid: 60
St Agnes Orphanage for Girls
Kensington London Middx
RD: Kensignton. Resid: 28
St Barnabas Orphanage
St George Hanover Square, London Middx
RD: St George Hanover Square. Resid: 48
Training School For Girls
Kensington, London Middx
RD: Kensington. Resid: 26
Field Lane Girls' Industrial School
Hamopstead, London Middx
RD: Hampstead. Resid: 90
Gordon Boys' Home
St George in the East, London, Middx
RD: St George in the East. Resid: 49
Guards Industrial Home
Westminster, London Middx
RD: St George Hanover. Resid: 56
Trewent Industrial House For Girls
Hampstead, London Middx
RD: Hampstead. Resid: 49
Children's Hospital
Paddington, London Middx
RD: Paddington. Resid: 36
Hospital for Sick and Incurious Children Chelsea Londoon Middx
RD: Chelsea. Resid: 61
Invalids' House for Children
St Marylebone, London Middx
RD: Marylebone. Resid. 1644
Sailors' Orphan Girls School & Home
Hampstead, London Middx
RD: Hampstead. Resid: 94
St Ann's Catholic Orphanage
St Marylebone, London Middlesex
RD: Marylebone. Resid: 42
Working Boys' Home
Spitalfields, London Middx
RD: Whitechapel. Resid: 94
Working Girls' House
Hackney, London Middx
RD: Hackney. Resid: 29
Training Home for Girls
Hammersmith, London Middx
RD: Fulham. Resid: 16
Allhallows Boys' Home
St Saviour Southwark, London, Surrey
RD: St Saviour Southwark. Resid: 13
Boys' Home
Lambeth, London, Surrey
RD: Lambeth. Resid: 15
Children's Home
Arona House, Putney, London, Surrey
RD: Wandsworth. Resid: 23
Girls' Home
Lambeth, London Surrey
RD: Lambeth. Resid: 32
Hambro Orphanage for Girls
Putney, London, Surrey
RD: Wandsworth. Resid: 28
Home for Girls
Newington, London Surrey
RD: St Saviour Southwark. Resid: 7
London & South West Railway Servants' Orphanage
Lambeth, London, Surrey
RD: Lambeth. Resid: 25
Orphanage
Bow or Stratford Le Bow, London, Surrey
RD: Poplar. Resid: 25
St Mary's Boys' Orphanage and Choir School
Streatham, London, Surrey
RD: Wandsworth. Resid: 21
St Mary's Orphanage
Putney, London, Surrey
RD: Wandsworth. Resid: 20
St Peter's Orphanage
London, Surrey
RD: Lambeth. Resid: 20
Training Home For Girls
Dorking, Surrey
RD: Dorking. Resid: 14
Working Girls' Home
Christchurch Southwark. London Surrey
RD: St Saviour Southwark. Resid: 47
Female Orphanage
Hampton, Middlesex
RD: Kingston. Resid: 95
Children's Hospital
Harrow, Middx
RD: Hendon. Resid: 17
Children's Home
Tottenham, Middlesex
RD: Edmonton.Resid: 10
Children's Homes
Edmonton, Middlesex
RD: Edmonton. Resid: 23
Harringay Villa Home For Girls
Hornsey, Middlesex
RD: Edmonton. Resid; 19
Industrial Cottage, Heston, Middx
RD: Brentford. Resid: 37
Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Girls
Chiswick, Middlesex
RD: Brentford. resid: 46
Middlesex Industrial School For Girls
Bedfont, Middx
RD: Staines. Resid: 17
Mount Hermon Girls Orphanage
Willesden, Middx
RD: Hendon. Resid: 100
Myrtle Cottage Children Home
Hornsey, Middx
RD: Edmonton. Resid: 11
Orphan School for Young Girls
Kensington, Middx
RD: Kensington. Resid: 21
Children's Shelter
New North or West St Giles, Midlothian
RD: St Giles. Resid: 42
Female Industrial Home
Park House Duddingston, Midlothian
RD: Portobello. Resid: 17
Girls' Home
Inveresk, Midlothian
RD: Inveresk & Musselburgh. Resid: 19
Girls' House Of Refuge Ardmillan Terrace
St Cuthbert, Edinburgh, Midlothhian
RD: St George. Resid: 29
Industrial School
South Leith, Midlothian
RD: St Andrew Edinburgh. Resid: 84
Lochrin Orpganage
St Cuthbert, Edinburgh, Midlothian
RD: St George. Resid: 18
Maryfield (Orphan Home)
South Leith, Midlothian
RD: Canongate. Resid: 23
Victoria Industrial School For Girls
South Leith, Midlothian
RD: South Leith. Resid: 60
Viewforth Orphanage
St Cuthbert, Edinburgh Midlothian
RD: Newington, Resid: 20
All Hallows Orphanage
Ditchingham, Norfolk
RD: Loddon. Resid: 29
Boys' Home
Norfolk, Great Yarmouth
RD: Yarmouth. Resid: 37
Boys' Home
Norwich, Norfolk
RD: Norwich. Resid: 49
Buxton Reformatory
Marsham, Norfolk
RD: Aylsham. Resid: 69
Eastern Counties Children's Convalescent Home
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
RD: Yarmouth. Resid: 17
Girls' Home
Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk
RD: Henstead. Resid: 11
Industrial School And Orphanage
Fakenham, Norfolk
RD: Walsingham. Resid: 80
Jenny Lind Infirmary for Sick Children Norwich, Norfolk
RD: Norwich. Resid: 30
Tiffield Reformatory
Tiffield, Northamptonshire
RD: Towcester. Resid: 50
Orphanage for Girls
St Giles, Northants
RD: Northampton. Resid: 26
Nazareth House Home for Aged Poor & Orphans
Northampton, Northants
RD: Northampton. Resid: 91
Abbot Memorial Orphanage
Jesmond, Northumberland
RD: Newcastle upon Tyne. Resid: 65
Fleming Children's Hospital
Jesmond, Northumberland
RD: Newcastle upon Tyne. Resid: 69
Industrial School
Plenmeller, Northumberland
RD: Haltwhistle. Resid: 26
Philipson Memorial Orphanage
Jesmond, Northumberland
RD: Newcastle upon Tyne. Resid: 68
Argyle Terrace Gordon Home For Destitute Boys
ST Mary, Nottinghamshire
RD: Nottingham. Resid: 27
Children's Hospital
St Nicholas, Nottinghamshire
RD: Nottingham. Resid: 48
Midland Orphanage & Girls' Training Home
Lenton, Nottinghamshire
RD: Nottingham. Resid: 33
The Orphanage
Beeston, Notts
RD: Basford. Resid: 52
Clyde House Boys' Home
Kingham, Oxfordshire
RD: Chipping Norton. Resid: 47
Durham House Boys Home
Kingham, Oxfordshire
RD: Chipping Norton. Resid: 40
Plymouth House Field Farm Boys Home
Kingham, Oxfordshire
RD: Chipping Norton. Resid: 15
Sheffield House Boys Home
Kingham, Oxfordshire
RD: Chipping Norton. Resid: 25
ST Orphanage
Oxford, Oxfordshire
RD: Oxford. Resid: 27
St Michaels Orphanage
Wroxton, Oxfordshire
RD: Banbury. Resid: 21
Village Orphanage
Kenmore, Perthshire
RD: Kenmore. Resid: 9
Wellshill Industrial School For Girls
East Church, Perthshire
RD: Perth. Resid: 71
Carnegie Park Orphanage
Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire
RD: Kilmalcolm. Resid: 19
Home For Friendless Girls
Greenock, Renfrewshire
RD: West Greenock. Resid: 22
Children's Convalescent Home Wellington Somersett
RD: Wellington. Resid: 9
Certified Industrial School for Girls
Bath, Somerset
RD: Bath. Resid: 87
Dioscesan Home for Waifs and Strays Frome, Somerset
RD: Frome. Resid: 43
Information on Wairs and Strays
Industrial Home
Walton in Gordano, Somerset
RD: Bedminster. Resid: 31
Macaulay Buildings Orphan Home
Bath, Somerset
RD: Bath. Resid: 28
Sutcliffe Industrial School for Boys
Bath, Somerset
RD: Bath. Resid: 35
County Industrial Home
Stafford, Staffordshire
RD: Stafford. Resid: 48
Industrial Farm
Caverwall, Straffordshire.
RD: Cheadle. Resid: 8
Maryvale Orphanage
Handsworth, Staffordshire
RD: West Bromwich. Resid: 99
Home For Destitute Children
Stirling, Stirlingshire
RD: Stirling. Resid: 19
Falkirk Certified Industrial School
Falkirk, Stirlinghsire
RD: Falkirk. Resid: 63
Industrial School for Girls
Stirling, Stirlingshire
RD: Stirling. Resid: 22
Girls Training Home
Wrentham, Suffolk
RD: Blything. Resid: 12
Hope House Orphanage
St Clement, Sufffolk
RD: Ipswich. Resid: 43
Reformatory for Girls
St Matthew, Suffolk
RD: Ipswich. Resid: 66
St Faiths Home Girls
Woolpit, Suffolk
RD: Stow. Resid. 5
Working Girls' Home
St Nicholas, Suffolk
RD: Ipswich. Resid: 15
Children's Home
Reigate Foreign, Surrey
RD: Reigate. Resid: 14
Children Convalescent Home
Croydon Surrey
RD: Croydon
Clayton House Orphans' Home
Epsom, Surrey
RD: Epsom. Resid: 74
Girls Home Whitehall Farm
Reigate, Surrey
RD: Reigate. Resid: 17
Girls' Orphanage
Reigate Surrey
RD Reigate. Resid: 17
Log House Children's Home
Frensham, Surrey
RD: Farnham. Resid: 32
Metropolitan Convalescent Institution Childrens Branch
Kingston Surrey
RD: Kingston. Resid: 30
St Mary's Industrial School
Croydon, Surrey
RD: Croydon. Resid: 112
The Orphanage
Woodmansterne Surrey
RD: Croydon. Resid: 9
Temperance Orphanage
Sunbury, Middlesex Surrey
RD: Staines. Resid: 61
All Saints Orphanage
Hasting, Sussex
RD: Hastings. Resid: 30
Bognor Boys' Home
South Bersted, Sussex
RD: Westhampnett. Resid: 39
Chailey Industrial School
Chailley, Sussex
RD: Lewes. Resid: 63
Children's Home
East Chiltington. Sussex
RD: Lewes. Resid: 5
Convalescent House Children
Hastings, Sussex
RD: Hastings. Resid: 70
Female Orphan Asylum
Brighton, Sussex
RD: Brighton. Resid: 57
Home for Children
Hastings Sussex
RD: Hastings. Resid: 5
Home For Orphan Boys
Brighton, Sussex
RD: Brighton. Resid: 44
Industrial School
Brighton, Sussex
RD: Brighton. Resid: 10
Royal Alexandra Hospital For Sick Children Brighton, Sussex
RD: Brighton. Resid: 77
Star Orphanage
Hastings, Sussex
RD: Hastings. Resid: 24
Girls’ Orphanage School
Coventry Holy Trinity, Warwickshire
RD: Coventry. Resid. 31
Industrial School
Fillongley, Warwickshire
RD: Meriden. Resid: 3
Industrial School
Aston, Warwickshire
RD: Aston. Resid: 68
Industrial Home for Girls
Old Stratford, Warwickshire
RD: Stratford. Resid: 15
Industrial Home
Coventry Holy Trinity, Warwickshire
RD: Coventry. Resid: 35
Institution For Friendless Girls
Birmingham, Warwickshire
RD: Birmingham Resid: 22
St Phillip's Orphanage
Birmingham, Warwickshire
RD: Birmingham. Resid: 51
Warwickshire Reformatory for Boys
Weston under Whetherly, Warwickshire
RD: Warwick. Resid: 98
Girls' Industrial School
Penninghame, Wigtownshire
RD: Penninghame. Resid: 58
Boys' Orphanage
Warminster, WIltshire
RD: Warminster. Resid: 15
Children's Home
Charlton, Wiltshire
RD: Malmesbury. Resid: 13
Girls’ Orphanage
Warminster, Wiltshire
RD: Warminster. Resid: 30
Reformatory School
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
RD: Bradford on Avon. Resid: 65
Hilton Industrial Home For Girls
South Newton, Wiltshire
RD: Wilton. Resid: 12
St Michaels Home For Motherless Girls
Shalbourn, Wiltshire
RD: Hungerford. Resid: 21
Boys' Home
Hanley Castle, Worcestershire
RD: Upton on Severn. Resid: 13
Industrial School
Madresfield, Worcestershire
RD: Upton on Severn. Resid. 20
Reformatory
Shelsley Beauchamp, Worcestershire
RD: Martley. Resid: 48
St Edwards Orphanage
Mathon, Worcestershire
RD: Ledbury. Resid: 55
Stoke Reformatory
Stoke Prior, Worcestershiore
RD: Bromsgrove Resid: 88
Children's Home
Trinity Micklegate, Yorkshire (East Riding)
RD: York. Resid: 57
Children's Shelter
Sculcoates, Yorkshire (East Riding)
RD: Sculcoates. Resid: 9
Clarendon House West Home For Friendless Girls
Holy Trinity and St Mary, Yorkshire (East Riding)
RD: Hull. Resid: 7
Girls' Industrial School Institution
Cottingham, Yorkshire (East Riding) RD: Sculcoates. Resid: 61
Industrial School
Linthorpe, Yorkshire (East Riding) RD: Middlesborough. Resid: 64
Sick Children's Hospital
Sculcoates, Yorkshire (East Riding)
RD: Sculcoates. Resid: 19
York Industrial Girls' School
St Maurice, Yorkshire (East Riding)
RD: York. Resid: 52
Castle Howard Reformatory School
Welburn, Yorkshire (North Riding)
RD: Malton. Resid: 100
Orphanage & Sisters' Home
Ormesby, Yorkshire (North Riding)
RD: Middlesbrough. Resid: 29
Boys' Home
Warley, Yorkshire (West Riding)
RD: Halifax. Resid: 30
Boys Refuge Institution
Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding)
RD: Leeds. Resid: 34
Boys Working Home
Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire (West Riding)
RD: Ecclesall Bierlow. Resid: 43
Certified Industrial School for Girls Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding)
RD: Leeds. Resid 90
Children's Hospital
Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire (West Riding) RD: Ecclesall Bierlow. Resid: 38
Children's Hospital
Manningham, Yorkshire (West Riding)
RD: Bradford. Resid: 65
Crossley & Porters Orphan Home Sanitorium
Skircoat, Yorkshire (West Riding)
RD: Halifax. Resid: 34
Firshill Orphanage
Brightside Bierlow, Yorkshire (West Riding)
RD: Sheffield. Resid: 31
Girls' Home
Manningham, Yorkshire (West Riding)
RD: Bradford. Resid: 15
Girls' Training Home
Mannngham, Yorkshire (West Riding)
RD: Bradford. Resid: 26
Girls Training School
Sheffield, Yorkshire (WestRiding)
RD: Sheffield. Resid: 23
Girls' Home
Rotherham, Yorkshire (West Riding)
RD: Rotherham. Resid: 7
House Of Help For Friendless Girls
Sheffield, Yorkshire (West Riding)
RD: Sheffield. Resid: 13
Industrial Home
Aismunderby with Bondgate, Yorkshire (West Riding) RD: Ripon. Resid: 30
Industrial Home
Huddersfield, Yorkshire (West Riding)
RD: Huddersfield. Resid: 15
Nutters Orphanage Institution
Horton, Yorkshire (West Riding)
RD: Bradford. Resid: 29
Reformatory
Doncaster, Yorkshire (West Riding)
RD: Doncaster. Resid: 51
St Mary's Convent & Orphanage
Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding)
RD: Leeds Resid: 85
St Vincent Home For Boys Elmwood House
Leeds, Yorkshire (WestRiding)
RD: Leeds. Resid: 50
Sheffield Orphan Homes
Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire (West Riding) RD: Ecclesall Bierlow. Resid: 51
The Orphanage
Ilkley, Yorkshire (West Riding)
RD: Wharfedale. Resid: 20
Women & Children's Hospital
Leeds Yorkshire (West Riding)
RD: Leeds. Resid: 28
Asylum is commonly used today to mean a place of safety sought by a refugee. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, however, it had a different meaning. An asylum was commonly a residential institution for the care, primarily of people with mental health issues or mental illness. However, it was also used as a place for broader issues, such as poverty and destitution. While it is possible that children in the institutions listed above had mental health issues, it is far more likely that the asylums were providing accommodation for a much wider range of children, children whose parents could simply no longer look after them, abandoned children, children with physical illness or disability.
Sanatoroiums were a development in the nineteenth century - institutions primarily for the care of people with tuberculosis (TB). However, by the late nineteenth century, they had taken on a more general meaning as well, a broad term for a place of care. So, while the sanatoriums listed above may have been initially for the care of children with TB, it is likely that the children accommodated at this time may not have had TB, it is possible that they had no medical function at all.
Training homes and training schools were generally terms for industrial schools, perhaps industrial schools that had not gone through the formal process to be certified as an industrial schools. For more about industrial schools, please click the link. What is an industrial school?
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