Greenock Poorhouse, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
On 28 August 1855, the Greenock Poorhouse on Captain Street was certified under Dunlop's Act to operate as a Reformatory and receive children placed under confinement by a magistrate's court. The institution may also have subsequently been certified as an Industrial School. This arrangement ceased in 1859.
Records
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- None identfied at present — any information welcome.
Bibliography
- Higginbotham, Peter Children's Homes: A History of Institutional Care for Britain s Young (2017, Pen & Sword)
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