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South Glamorgan County Council Homes

Children's establishments run at some time in their history by South Glamorgan County Council.


 
  • Community Home, The Old Rectory, Hayes Road, Sully, Barry
  • Family Group Home, 118 Cathedral Road, Cardiff
  • Family Group Home, 1-2 Thompson Avenue, Victoria Park, Cardiff§
  • Family Group Home, 132 Penylan Road, Cardiff§
  • Family Group Home, 485 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff§
  • Family Group Home, 487 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff§
  • Family Group Home, 501 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff§
  • Family Group Home, 503 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff§
  • Family Group Home, 57 Cowbridge Road West, Ely, Cardiff
  • Family Group Home, 7 Romilly Road, Cardiff§
  • Miriam Bryant Hostel, 73 Kenwood Road, Cardiff
  • Family Group Home, Arosfa, Gorse Place, Pentrebane, Cardiff
  • Family Group Home, Crosslands, Cowbridge Road West, Cardiff
  • Residential Nursery, Suffolk House, Llandaff Road / Romilly Road, Cardiff
  • Community Home, The Rise, Penhill Road, Cardiff
  • John Kane Reception Home, The Rise, Thornhill Road, Llanishen, Cardiff§
  • Residential Training Nursery, Trowbridge Nursery, Greenway Road, Rumney, Cardiff§
  • Family Group Home, Trowbridge, 29 Abergele Road, Cardiff§
  • Home for Maladjusted Children, Walker House, Fidlas Road, Llanishen, Cardiff§
  • Family Group Home, Cardiff
  • Bryn-y-Don School, Dinas Powys
  • Family Group Home, 41 Plas-y-Delyn, Lisvane
  • Family Group Home, 18 Leigh Close, Boverton, Llantwit Major
  • Family Group Home, 8 Castle Avenue, Penarth§
  • Family Group Home, Woodlands, 26 Victoria Road, Penarth
  • Family Group Home, 33 Pantycelan Place, St Athan
  • Family Group Home, Glamorgan


§ indicates homes at some time also run by a borough council.

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 South Glamorgan 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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