Although the term 'Magdalen' home or institution has become particularly
associated with Ireland's Magdalen laundries, it covers to a much wider range of
establishments. Rather than indicating the nature of these institutions' facilities
or regime, it reflects the circumstances of their inmates — girls and young
women who had 'fallen' (or who were considered in danger of doing so), primarily those who
had become pregnant or involved in prostitution. More...
Name and Location | Founded/Opened | Closed/Moved | Classes Received, Weekly fees, etc. | Places | Admission Age |
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Derby and Derbyshire Association for Help and Protection of Girls, 32 Long Row, Belper | by 1897 | | Fallen and friendless girls and children; temporary shelter. | | |
Chesterfield Rescue Home, 3 Fairfield Place, Chesterfield | by 1949 | | | | |
Chesterfield Rescue Home, Magdalen Cottage, Church Lane, Chesterfield | 1910 | | Fallen and friendless; free; temporarily. | 2 | no limit |
Chesterfield Rescue Home, Magdalen House, 2 Cromwell Road, Chesterfield | by 1920 | | Fallen and friendless; temporarily; local cases free. | 7 | no limit |
Derby and Derbyshire Association for Help and Protection of Girls, 18 Leopold Street, Derby | 1882 | | Fallen and friendless girls and women; free; temporarily; payment when possible. | 6 | no limit |
Derby Temporary Home, 54 Henry Street, Derby | 1882 | | Fallen girls; then sent to Homes by the Derby Association for Help of Girls. | | |
Derby Temporary Home, 55 Gerard Street, Derby | by 1930 | | Friendless girls and women; temporarily; payment when possible. | 7 | no limit |
Derby and Derbyshire Home for Penitent Females (St Margaret's Home), 6 Bass Street, Derby | 1857 | | Fallen women; entrance fee £2 2s. to £5 5s.; cases under 15, 5s. weekly, paid quarterly in advance. | 23 | 15-18 |
Derby and Derbyshire Association for Help and Protection of Girls, 72 Normanton Road, Derby | by 1897 | | Fallen and friendless girls and children; temporary shelter. | | |
Name and Location | Founded/Opened | Closed/Moved | Classes Received, Weekly fees, etc. | Places | Admission Age |
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Barnstaple Shelter, 107 Newport Road, Barnstaple | by 1930 | | Fallen and friendless; temporarily; local cases free. | 8 | under 30 |
Barnstaple Shelter, 28 Carrington Terrace, Yeo Vale, Barnstaple | 1915 | | Fallen and friendless; temporarily; local cases free; also a few mothers and babies. | 8 | under 30 |
Devon House of Mercy, Coombe Lane, Bovey Tracy | 1863 | 1940 | Fallen women; £5 a year; period of training according to circumstances, generally two years. | 70 | 15-25 |
House of Rest, 14 (later 11) Friars Walk, Exeter | 1880 | 1903 | Fallen girls. | 7 | under 20 |
St Mary's Home, 25 St Mary Arches Street, Exeter | 1917 | | Medical cases through local authorities. | 7 | no limit |
St Elizabeth's Home, 26 Bartholomew Street West, The Mint, Exeter | 1919 | | Women and girls in need; temporarily 8s. | 8 | under 30 |
St Olave's Ladies' Association Home, 32 Bartholomew Street East, Exeter | 1903 | | Friendless and fallen women, 6s.; mothers and babies, 8s. | 12m/8b | no limit |
St Olave's Ladies' Association Home (The Shelter), 33 Bartholomew Street East, Exeter | | | First fall cases. | 5 | no limit |
Home for Fallen Women, 44 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter | 1861 | | Fallen women; free. | 17 | 17-29 |
Rescue Home, 8 Melbourne Place, Exeter | by 1890 | | Temporary home for fallen girls, or those in danger of falling. | | |
Devon and Exeter Home of the Holy Innocents, Franklyn Street,St Thomas, Exeter | 1927 | | Young fallen girls; also preventive cases. Feeble-minded also received. | 17 | 16-20 |
Devon and Exeter Female Penitentiary / Home of Refuge / Home of the Good Shepherd, Holloway Street, Exeter | 1819 | | Fallen women; payment if possible. Usually remain two years. Cases that have been in another Home not admitted. | 50 | 15-25 |
The Refuge, 1 Market Square, Stonehouse, Plymouth | by 1890 | | Fallen women. | | |
Salvation Army Laundry Home, 100 King Street, Plymouth | 1901 | | Girls and women in distress. | 42 | no limit |
House of Mercy / Peace, 157 North Road, Plymouth | 1859 | | Fallen women. | 50 | 18-24 |
St Margaret's Preventive and Rescue Home, 17 Portland Villas, Plymouth | by 1920 | | Fallen, preventive and doubtful cases; free; temporarily. | 20 | 12-16 |
The Threefold Cord / Refuge for Fallen Women, 2 Octagon Street, Plymouth | 1880 | | | 6 | 15-30 |
Salvation Army Rescue Home, 2 The Octagon, Plymouth | by 1890 | | Girls and women in distress. | | |
The Refuge, 3 Gascoigne Place, Plymouth | 1881 | | Fallen women; temporarily, prior to entering a Home or situation. | | |
Salvation Army Rescue Home, 72 Mutley Plain, Plymouth | by 1902 | | Girls and women in distress. | | |
St Margaret's Home, 8 Octagon Street, Plymouth | 1880 | | Fallen and preventive cases; free; temporarily. | 6 | 14-26 |
Mayflower Maternity Home, Abbotsfield, Seymour Road, Mannamead, Plymouth | by 1920 | | Unmarried mothers with their babies. | 21m/15b | no limit |
Salvation Army Rescue Home, Cleeve Villa, Ford Park Lane, Mutley, Plymouth | 1889 | | Girls and women in distress. | 26 | no limit |
Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse Female Penitentiary, Hampton House, Ebrington Street, Plymouth | by 1935 | | Women in moral danger; remain at least a year; payment according to circumstances. | 26 | no limit |
Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse Female Penitentiary, Hampton House, Ham Street, Plymouth | 1809 | | Fallen women and those in moral danger; remain at least a year; payment according to circumstances. | 35 | under 30 |
St Ursula's Maternity Refuge, St Ursula's House, Edith Avenue, Plymouth | | | Maternity cases; 6s.; diocesan cases, 5s. | 8 | 14-25 |
Salvation Army Home, Weston Lodge, Mannamead, Plymouth | 1921 | | Girls and women in distress. | 22 | no limit |
Cottage Home, Mary Tavy, Tavistock | by 1890 | | | 7 | |
Torquay Church Refuge, 12 Bexley Terrace, Torrre, Torquay | by 1920 | | Fallen women from Torquay, free; others 3s. 6d. to 5s.; temporarily. | 3 | 15-30 |
Church Refuge Home, 2 Beaufort Cottages, Avenue Road, Torre, Torquay | 1888 | | 3s. 6d. A week for local cases; others 5s. | 2 | |
Torquay Church Refuge /St Anne's Girls' home, 3 Bampfylde Road, Torquay | by 1949 | | | | |
Torquay Door of Hope, 3 Lymington Terrace, Upton Road, Torquay | 1887 | | Fallen women and friendless girls. | | no limit |
Torquay Door of Hope, St Marychurch Road, Torquay | by 1912 | | Fallen girls; entrance £1 1s.; mother and infant, 2s. 6d. | 13 | |
Name and Location | Founded/Opened | Closed/Moved | Classes Received, Weekly fees, etc. | Places | Admission Age |
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Free Church Rescue and Training Home, 189 Richmond Park Road, Bournemouth | 1911 | | Fallen girls and women and those in danger, 7s. 6d.; some local cases free; mothers with infants, 3s. 6d. | 9 | over 14 |
Free Church Maternity and Training Home, 3 and 11 St Alban's Avenue, Lower Charminster Road, Bournemouth | by 1930 | | First maternity cases; 10s. from locality; others 12s. 6d.: remain at least two months after confinement. | 24m/12b | over 14 |
Free Church Rescue and Training Home, 3 St Alban's Avenue, Lower Charminster Road, Bournemouth | by 1920 | | First maternity cases; 10s. from locality; others 12s. 6d.: remain at least two months after confinement. | 12 | over 14 |
St Thomas' Lodge, 6 Charminster Road, Bournemouth | by 1912 | | Fallen and friendless; free; temporarily. | 8 | no limit |
St Thomas' Refuge, King's Road, Bournemouth | 1896 | | Fallen and friendless; free; temporarily. | 5 | no limit |
Salisbury Diocesan Shelter, 37 Glyde Path Road, Dorchester | by 1930 | | Friendless and fallen women and girls; temporarily. | 1 | no limit |
Poole and Parkstone Refuge, Oak Tree Lodge, Pottery Road, Parkstone | 1911 | | Any girl needing help; local cases free; others 7s. 6d. | 6 | 14-23 |
Diocesan Association Home, St Gabriel's, 20 Great George Street, Weymouth | by 1920 | | Friendless and fallen; temporarily. | 7 | no limit |
Ladies' Association Training Home for Girls, St Gabriel's, 40 East Street, Weymouth | | by1920 | Friendless and fallen; temporarily. | 7 | no limit |
The Shelter, Weymouth | by 1885 | | | | |
The Shelter, Weymouth | by 1890 | | To shelter girls before being sent to training homes or penitentiaries away from Weymouth. | 2 | |
Name and Location | Founded/Opened | Closed/Moved | Classes Received, Weekly fees, etc. | Places | Admission Age |
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St Monica's Home, North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland | 1909 | 1946 | Unmarried mothers 5s.; and their babies 2s. 6d. | 12m/12b | under 25 |
St Agnes' Home, 30 Clifton Road, Darlington | 1910 | | Fallen; temporarily; 5s.; local cases free. | 4 | no limit |
Home For Friendless Girls /St Catherine's Home, 111 Framwellgate, Durham | 1882 | | Prison cases, friendless and inebriates. | 20 | |
County Penitentiary /St Mary's Home, 7 Kepier Terrace, Gilesgate, Durham | 1851 | 1960 | Penitent fallen women, admission free. Must remain eighteen months. | 25 | under 30 |
Temporary Home, 9 Cross Street, Durham | by 1890 | | | | |
Temporaray Home and Free Registry Office, 9 Cross Street, Durham | by 1885 | | | | |
Durham Diocesan Home, St Catherine's Home, 24 (later 25) Allergate, Durham | 1852 | 1938 | Prison cases, friendless, inebriates and young girls after first fall; 4s., or £5 fee. | 23 | under 30 |
Sydney House, The Peth, Durham | by 1949 | | BAAF2001. | | |
St Faith's Hostel, 4 King James Street, Gateshead | 1909 | | Rescue and preventive cases; temporarily. | 8 | no limit |
St Verca's Home, 388 South Eldon Street, South Shields | by 1930 | | Fallen and generally destitute. | 13 | 14-30 |
St Verca's Home, 9 Challoner Terrace, South Shields | by 1920 | | Fallen and generally destitute. | 13 | 14-30 |
Salvation Army Home, Caldwell House, Harton, South Shields | 1906 | | Girls and women in distress. | 27 | no limit |
St Verca's Home, South Shields | 1894 | | Fallen and generally destitute (a " place of detention"). | 13 | 14-30 |
Victoria Home, South Shields | 1894 | | Fallen and generally destitute. | 13 | 16-25 |
Milne House, 33 Norfolk Street, Sunderland | 1893 | | Homeless and destitute girls; temporarily. | 13 | 15-25 |
Temporary Home for Girls., Nile Street, Sunderland | by 1890 | | Poor fallen girls; temporarily. | | |
Wearmouth Deanery Refuge, St Agatha's Refuge, 17 Murton Street, Sunderland | 1912 | | Rescue and preventive cases; temporarily. | 16 | no limit |
Name and Location | Founded/Opened | Closed/Moved | Classes Received, Weekly fees, etc. | Places | Admission Age |
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Brentwood Shelter, 142 Ongar Road, Brentwood | by 1912 | by 1920 | Friendless and fallen; free. | 2 | no limit |
Brentwood Shelter, King Edward's Road, Brentwood | by 1920 | | Friendless and fallen; free. | 4 | no limit |
Buckhurst Hill Shelter, St Alban's, Queen's Road, Buckhurst Hill | 1901 | | Fallen women and those in moral danger; local cases free. Payment where possible. | 5 | no limit |
Bartletts, 384 Baddow Road, Chelmsford | by 1949 | | | | |
Hope Cottage, Fairfield, Chelmsford | 1922 | | Girls and women needing help : those from the Diocese 1s. a night; others, 1s. 6d. | 6 | 16-25 |
Chelmsford Diocesan Maternity Home, The Red House, 98 Tilkley Road, Coggeshall | 1925 | 1933 | Unmarried Girls before first confinement; 7s. 6d. from Diocese; others, 10s.; remain six months. | 7 | under 30 |
Colchester Diocesan Refuge, Bays' House, 1 Trinity Street, Colchester | 1912 | 1938 | Fallen women; temporarily. | 10 | no limit |
Colchester Female Refuge, Standen House, 38 Gladstone Road, Colchester | by 1912 | | Fallen women; temporarily. | 6 | no limit |
Colchester Female Refuge, Stowting Villa, Mersea Road, Colchester | by 1900 | | Fallen women; temporarily. | 6 | no limit |
Dunmow Maternity Home, Great Easton, Dunmow | 1897 | | First maternity cases before confinement; 7s.; remain six months. Diocesan cases, 5s. | 8 | 14-25 |
Diocesan House of Mercy, Toldish Hall Road, Great Maplestead | 1866 | | Fallen women; some cases free; remain two years. | 50 | under 30 |
St Mary's Home, Toldish Hall Road, Great Maplestead | by 1930 | | Fallen women; some cases free; remain two years. | 54 | under 30 |
Hockley Laundry Home, Hockley | 1904 | | Fallen women with their infants. | 20 | no limit |
Ilford Shelter, 127 Balfour Road, Ilford | 1902 | | Fallen women; temporarily. | 4 | 13-30 |
Hope Cottage, 80 Ingleby Road, Ilford | by 1920 | 1940 | Fallen women; temporarily. | 5 | 13-24 |
St Faith's Home, 117 Queen's Road, Loughton | 1913 | | Rescue and preventive cases; temporarily. | 5 | no limit |
St Faith's Home, Church Hill, Loughton | 1913 | | Fallen and friendless. | 5 | no limit |
St Elizabeth's Home, Boleyn Castle, Green Street, East Ham, Plaistow | 1893 | 1912 | Women before confinement or with their children after confinement; 5s. Remain twelve months. | 50 | no limit |
St Elizabeth's Home, Howard's Row, Plaistow | 1893 | 1907 | Women before confinement or with their children after confinement. Local cases preferred; free; remain about six months. | 30 | no limit |
Southend Shelter, 15 Cromer Road, Southend-on-Sea | by 1912 | | All classes; temporarily. | 3 | under 20 |
Southend Shelter /St Monica's Home, 154 York Road, Southend-on-Sea | by 1935 | | All classes, including mothers and babies; temporarily; payment by arrangement. | 8m/5b | 14-30 |
Walsham How Church Army Home, 1 Forest Rise, Walthamstow | 1884 | by 1935 | Mentally deficient fallen girls. | 40 | 14-18 |
St Faith's Shelter, 4 First Avenue, Walthamstow | 1922 | | Rescue and preventive cases; temporarily. | 4 | under 30 |
Walthamstow Shelter, 59 Cairo Road, Walthamstow | 1906 | | Rescue and preventive cases; temporarily. | 56 | |
Ellen Carville Home, 9 Stainforth Road, Walthamstow | 1922 | | Rescue and preventive cases; temporarily. 5s. If possible. | 4 | under 30 |
The Shelter, Airlie, Elmsdale Road, Walthamstow | by 1920 | | Preventive and rescue cases. | 7 | under 30 |
Walthamstow Salvation Army Home, Clock House, Whipps Cross, Walthamstow | 1885 | | Girls and women in distress. | 33 | no limit |
The Elms, Copper Mill Lane, Walthamstow | 1884 | | Fallen girls free from London Refuges. Payment according to circumstances from other sources. | 20 | 14-20 |
Mrs Walsham How's Memorial Industrial Rescue Home, Court House, 317 Hoe Street, Walthamstow | 1884 | by 1912 | Fallen girls and preventive cases; free from London Refuges; fee of £5 for country cases. | 23 | 14-20 |
Wesleyan Rescue Home, Winchester House, Shern Hall Street, Walthamstow | 1892 | 1898 | Friendless and fallen, not lowest class; free if sent by Wesleyan Sisters, otherwise 6s. weekly; length of stay according to circumstances. | | no limit |
The Refuge, Bridge House, Witham | by 1890 | | To rescue fallen women of the lower class. | | |