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Coventry Council Homes

Children's establishments run at some time in their history by Coventry Council.


 
  • 10 Bettman Close, Coventry
  • 10 Fern Close, Coventry
  • 11 Barnfield Avenue, Allesley, Coventry
  • 111 Maudslay Road, Coventry
  • 13 Capulet Close, Toll Bar, Coventry
  • 130 Hipswell Highway, Walsgrave, Coventry
  • 2 Orlescote Road, Coventry
  • 25 Charlewood Road, Coventry
  • 33 Gravel Hill, Coventry
  • 37 Shuttle Street, Coventry
  • 51 The Barley Lea, Coventry
  • Coventry Union Scattered Home / Highbury Home (Girls), 66-68 Hill Street, Coventry*
  • 7 Farmside, Toll Bar, Coventry
  • 77 Gerard Avenue, Coventry
  • 9 Wappenbury Close, Walsgrave, Coventry
  • Coventry Union Scattered Home, Abbot's Lane, Coventry*
  • Home for Boys, Hill Crest, Radford Road, Coventry
  • Residential Nursery, Keresley Manor, Kersesley, Coventry
  • Roxborough, 103 Holyhead Road, Coventry
  • Spencer Road, Coventry
  • Stoke House, Sandgate Crescent, Binley Road, Coventry
  • The Manor Nursery, Tamworth Road, Coventry
  • The Grange, Brownshill Green Road, Coventry
  • Residential Nursey, Wistaria Lodge, Earlsdon Avenue South, Coventry
  • Newfield School / Newfield House, Cash's Lane, Coventry
  • Town Thorns Children's Home, Easenhall, Rugby

* indicates link to pages on www.workhouses.org.uk.

Records

The involvement of local authorities in the running of children's homes dates from 1930, when they took over the running of the poor relief system previously administered by Boards of Guardians. Surviving records for council-run children's homes may be held in each council's own internal archives. Prior to 1991, however, when a legal requirement was introduced for councils to retain records of children leaving their care, the survival of such records is very variable. Contact details for local authorities in the UK can be found on the website of the Care Leavers Association (CLA). The CLA also provides guidance on accessing childhood care files, which are normally only open to the individuals they relate to.

Locating local authority records has been complicated by the various local government reorganizations that have taken place in recent times, such as the abolition of the London County Council in 1965, and the major nationwide restructuring in 1974 in which many administrative areas were created, amended or eliminated.

Older records may sometimes be placed with the relevant county or borough record office. Many of these repositories have online catalogues of their holdings and also contribute to the National Archives' Discovery database. Note that records containing personal data usually have access closed for a period of fifty years or more.

Older material relating to Coventry Council homes may exist at:

Some records relating to council-run homes, for example inspection reports (though not resident lists etc.), are held by The National Archives (TNA). A closure period may apply to these records.

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