Mother and Baby Homes — Middlesex-Oxfordshire
The establishments listed below are believed to have provided at least some accommodation
for unmarried mothers and their babies, during at least some of their existence.
They include maternity homes, before-and-after-confinement care homes, hostels for
pregnant working girls or working mothers, and Irish County Homes.
Homes that in their day were labelled Magdalen Homes are listed elsewhere.
Where applicable, the 'Places' column shows the accommodation provided for
mothers and babies (exact figures could change over time).
Note that over the years, many institutions changed location and/or name, sometimes more than once.
The accommodation provided, age of those admitted etc. at a home could also vary.
Middlesex
Name and Location | Founded/Opened | Closed/Moved | Classes Received, Weekly fees, etc. | Places | Admission Age |
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Barnes Convalescent Home, 15 Beverley Gardens, Barnes Common | 1893 | | First fall cases ineligible for other Convalescent Homes, 6s.; mother and baby, 7s. 6d. | 5 | |
Amherts Lodge, 47 Amherst Road, Ealing | by 1964 | | Before and After Care Home. | 26m/14b | |
The Swallows, 2 Sutherland Road, Ealing | by 1920 | | Women received only after birth of child. | | |
St Mary's, Glamorgan Road, Hampton Wick | | c.1949 | | 16m/12b | |
Hillside, 5 Roxborough Park, Harrow | by 1956 | | Shelter for Emergency and Post-natal Cases | 15m/6b | |
Maddison Memorial Hostel, Maddison Lodge, Osterley, Isleworth | 1926 | | Mothers and babies; remain until babies two years old. | 18 | under 30 |
Bellevue, 167 Willesden Lane, Kilburn | by 1964 | | Before and After Care Home. | 12m/12b | |
Norfolk
Name and Location | Founded/Opened | Closed/Moved | Classes Received, Weekly fees, etc. | Places | Admission Age |
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St Paul's Lodge, Salisbury Road, Great Yarmouth | by 1949 | | Before and After Care Home. | 10m/6b | over 15 |
81 Wisbech Road, King's Lynn | by 1964 | | Hostel for Pregnant Working Girls. | 4m | |
Norwich Diocesan Maternity Home, 53-55 Surrey Street, Norwich | 1921 | | First pre-maternity cases; 7s. and maternity benefit. Remain six months after child's birth. | 12 | under 25 |
Northamptonshire
Name and Location | Founded/Opened | Closed/Moved | Classes Received, Weekly fees, etc. | Places | Admission Age |
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St Saviour's Diocesan Maternity Home, 103 Harlestone Road, Dallington | by 1964 | | Maternity Home. | 15m/15b | |
Elmleigh, 114 Harlestone Road, Dallington | by 1964 | | Before and After Care Home. | 16m/10b | |
St Saviour's Home, 21/21A/23A Manor Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton | 1921 | | Maternity cases; from the Diocese 8s.; others 12s. | 15m/15n | under 25 |
Northumberland
Name and Location | Founded/Opened | Closed/Moved | Classes Received, Weekly fees, etc. | Places | Admission Age |
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Ante and Post-Natal Hostel, Bowmer Bank, Morpeth | by 1964 | | Before and After Care Home. | 20m/20b | |
Hopedene, 1A Gloucester Terrace, Elswick Road, Newcastle upon Tyne | by 1964 | | Maternity Home. | 28m/12b | |
Newcastle Diocesan Refuge, Clifton House, 54 Clifton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne | by 1949 | | Shelter and Before and After Care Home. | 10m/6b | |
Newcastle Diocesan Maternity Home, Elswick Lodge, 128 Park Road (now Park Close), Newcastle upon Tyne | 1920 | | Unmarried expectant mothers; stay six months; non-diocesan cases, 10s. Hostel for working pregnant girls. | 20m/12b | under 25 |
Hopedene, Jesmond Park Road, Newcastle upon Tyne | by 1949 | | Maternity Home. | 22m/14b | |
Nottinghamshire
Name and Location | Founded/Opened | Closed/Moved | Classes Received, Weekly fees, etc. | Places | Admission Age |
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Grosvenor House, 1 Grove Street, Mansfield | by 1949 | | Before and After Care Home. | 9m/5b | |
St Catherine's House, 15 Wilson Street, Newark | by 1949 | | Shelter and Before and After Care Home. | 7m/3b | |
Mothers' Hostels, 95 Queen's Drive, Nottingham | by 1949 | | Before and After Care Home. Day Nursery attached. Some mothers go out to work. | 8m/8b | |
Nottingham Temporary Rescue and Preventive Home, The Cottage, Newstead Grove, Nottingham | 1919 | | Mothers and babies; first fall. | 3 | under 25 |
Oxfordshire
Name and Location | Founded/Opened | Closed/Moved | Classes Received, Weekly fees, etc. | Places | Admission Age |
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Mother and Baby Hostel, 7 Clark's Row,St Aldate's, Oxford | 1939 | 1977 | Before and After Care Home. | 14m/10b | |
Oxford Ladies' Association, Hope Cottage, 57 Aston Street, Oxford | 1899 | | Mothers with their babies; first cases; 5s. diocesan cases; 7s. 6d. others. | 3 | under 25 |
Oxford Ladies' Association, St Frideswide's Home, 59 St John's Road, Oxford | 1901 | 1920 | Mothers with their babies; first cases; 5s. diocesan cases; 7s. 6d. others. | 8 | under 25 |
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