Ancestry UK

Institutions for Blind Children

A separate page gives background information on Institutions for Blind Children.

England

Devon

  • Devonport and Western Counties Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the Blind, Fore Street, Devonport
  • Devonport and Western Counties Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the Blind, St Aubyn Street, Devonport
  • West of England Institution for the Blind, St David's Hill, Exeter
  • Plymouth, South Devon and Cornwall Institution for the Blind, Coburg Street, Plymouth
  • Plymouth, South Devon and Cornwall Institution for the Blind, North Hill, Plymouth
  • Devonport and Western Counties Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the Blind, Torr Home, The Drive, Hartley, Plymouth

Gloucestershire

  • Blind Asylum, Callowhill Street, Bristol
  • Asylum / School of Industry for the Blind, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol
  • Asylum / School of Industry for the Blind, Henleaze Road, Westbury on Trym, Bristol
  • Royal School for the Blind, Henleaze Road, Westbury on Trym, Bristol

Hampshire

  • Hants and Isle of Wight School and Home for the Blind, St Mary's Hall,St Edward's Road, Southsea

Lancashire

London (E/EC Postal Areas)

London (N/NW Postal Areas)

  • London Society for Teaching and Training the Blind, 100 Avenue Road, Swiss Cottage NW3

London (SE/SW Postal Areas)

Middlesex

  • Sunshine Home for Blind Babies, Sunshine House, Dene Road, Northwood

Norfolk

  • Asylum and School for the Indigent Blind, Magdalen Street, Norwich

Northamptonshire

  • Katharine Knapp Sunshine Home for Blind Babies, Kingsthorpe

Northumberland

  • Sunshine Home for Blind Babies, Whitfield Hall Road, Hexham
  • Royal Victoria Asylum for the Blind, Benwell Dene, Newcastle upon Tyne

Nottinghamshire

  • Midland Institution for the Blind, Clarendon Street, Nottingham

Somerset

Surrey

Sussex

  • Barclay Home for Blind Girls, 161 Elm Grove, Brighton
  • Brighton School for Blind Boys, 181 Eastern Road, Brighton
  • Barclay Home and School for Blind and Partially Sighted Girls, 21-31 Wellington Road, Brighton
  • Barclay Home for Blind Girls, 24 St Michael's Place, Brighton
  • Sunshine Home for Blind Babies, Sunshine House, Dunnings Road, East Grinstead
  • Convalescent and Holiday Home for the Blind, Mayfield House, 21 St Peter's Road, St Leonards-on-Sea

Warwickshire

  • Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind, Carpenter Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham
  • Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind, Queen Alexandra Kindergarten Branch, Harborne, Birmingham
  • Sunshine Home for Blind Babies, Warwick New Road, Leamington Spa

East Riding of Yorkshire

  • Yorkshire School for the Blind, King's Manor House, York

West Riding of Yorkshire

  • United Institution for the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb, Albion Street, Leeds
  • School for the Educational, Industrial and Physical Training of Blind Boys and Girls / Royal Blind School, Manchester Road, Broomhill, Sheffield

Wales

Glamorgan

  • Swansea and South Wales Institution for the Blind, Heathfield Street, Swansea

Scotland

Lanarkshire

Midlothian

  • Asylum for the Industrious Blind, 38 Nicholson Street, Edinburgh
  • Royal Blind School, 43 Canaan Lane, Edinburgh
  • Asylum for the Industrious Blind, 58 Nicholson Street, Edinburgh
  • Royal Blind Asylum and School, Craigmillar Lane, Edinburgh
  • School for Blind Children, Gayfield Square, Edinburgh
  • Asylum for the Industrious Blind, Shakespeare Square, Edinburgh
  • School for Blind Children, South Bridge, Edinburgh
  • School for Blind Children, St John Street, Edinburgh

Republic of Ireland

Co. Dublin

  • St.Joseph's Male Blind Asylum / School for the Visually Handicapped, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin

France

Aisne

  • Institution de Notre Dame de Laon, Place Saint Pierre au Marché, Laon
  • Institution de Saint-Médard, Saint-Médard

Basses-Pyrénées

  • Institution de Sourds-muets, Oloron

Bouches-du-Rhône

  • Insitut des Jeunes Aveugles, 2 Montée de l'Oratoire, Marseille

Charente-Inférieure

  • Institution de Jeunes Aveugles, Saintes

Gironde

  • Institution de Jeunes Filles Aveugles, 110 Rue Pelleport, Bordeaux
  • Institution de Garçons Aveugles, 61 Rue de Marseille, Bordeaux

Haute-Garonne

  • Institution d'Aveugles, Rue Montplaisir, Toulouse

Haute-Vienne

  • Institution Municipale de Jeunes Aveugles, 122 Route de Paris, Limoges

Indre

  • Orphelinat de Déols, Déols

Loire-Inférieure

  • École de Garçons Aveugles, Perragotière

Maine-et-Loire

  • École Préparatoire des Jeunes Aveugles, La Haye des Bonshommes, Avrillé

Meurthe-et-Moselle

  • Institution de Jeunes Aveugles, Avenue de Boufflers, Nancy
  • Maison Saint Paul, Avenue de Boufflers, Nancy
  • Maison du Bon Pasteur, Nancy

Nord

  • École de Jeunes Filles Aveugles, 131 Rue Royale, Lille
  • École de Garçons Aveugles, Ronchin

Orne

  • École de la Providence, Alençon

Pas-de-Calais

  • École de Jeunes Aveugles, 4 Rue des Augustines, Arras
  • École de Sourds-muets, 4 Rue des Augustines, Arras

Puy-de-Dôme

  • École d'Aveugles, Rue de l'Espérance, Clermont-Ferrand

Rhône

  • Institution des Jeunes Filles Aveugles, 49 Route de Saint Cyr, Lyon
  • Institution de Jeunes Aveugles, 77 Rue des Maisons Neuves, Lyon

Seine

  • École Braille, Maisons-Alfort
  • Clinique Nationale de Quinze-Vingts, 13 Rue Moreau, Paris
  • École Braille / Institut Départmental des Aveugles de la Seine, 152 Rue de Bagnolet, Paris
  • Institution Nationale des Jeunes Aveugles, 26 Rue de Charenton, Paris
  • Institution Nationale des Jeunes Aveugles, 56 Boulevard des Invalides, Paris
  • Maison des Soeurs Aveugles de Saint Paul, 88 Rue Denfert Rochereau, Paris
  • Institution Nationale des Jeunes Aveugles, Le Collège des Bons-Enfants, Rue Saint Victor, Paris
  • Institution Nationale des Jeunes Aveugles, Rue Coquillière, Paris
  • Institution Nationale des Jeunes Aveugles, Rue des Lombardes, Paris
  • Institution Nationale des Jeunes Aveugles, Rue du Petit Musc, Paris
  • Institution Nationale des Jeunes Aveugles, Rue Notre Dame des Victoires, Paris
  • Institut Départmental des Aveugles de la Seine, 7 Rue Mongenot, Saint-Mandé

Seine-et-Oise

  • Asile-école pour les Jeunes Filles Aveugles Arrierées, Corbeil

Somme

  • Hospice Saint Victor, Boulevard de Beauvillé, Amiens

Vienne

  • Institution de Notre Dame de Larnay, 28 Rue de la Cathédrale, Poitiers