Ancestry UK

St Christopher's Home, Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire

The St Christopher's Home was opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1905 at Hall Flat Lane, Balby, Doncaster. The property, a building formerly known as Old Hall, was purchased for the sum of £2,250. The home, which replaced the Society's previous Beckett Denison Home in Doncaster, was officially opened on September 23rd, 1905, by the Archbishop of York. It could accommodate 25 girls, aged 7-16.

St Christopher's Home, Doncaster, c.1911. © Peter Higginbotham

St Christopher's Home, Doncaster, c.1932. © Peter Higginbotham

St Christopher's Home, Doncaster, c.1932. © Peter Higginbotham

Former St Christopher's Home, Doncaster, 2013. © Peter Higginbotham

In 1957, St Christopher's briefly became a boys' home before finally closing in 1960. The property has now been converted to flats

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