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St Lucy's Home of Charity, Gloucester, Gloucestershire

St Lucy's Home of Charity was established in 1869 to provide a home for respectably brought up girls. It was run by the Sisterhood of St John the Baptist, an Anglican order based at Clewer in Berkshire.

The Home occupied premises at 9-11 Hare Lane, Gloucester, and provided girls with a training in laundry, house and needle work, and were placed in domestic service. In 1907, the usual age of admission to the home was 12, with a payment of £12 a year required. The establishment also had an 'incurable' ward for 12 bed-ridden women and girls; any chronic case except cancer was received. A payment of 10s. a week was required plus a guarantee of £5 for burial in case of death.

St Lucy's Home. Gloucester, early 1900s. © Peter Higginbotham

St Lucy's Home. Gloucester, early 1900s. © Peter Higginbotham

In 1930, the age of admission to the training home was from 14 to 16 years, with girls staying until they were 18. The weekly fees were now 10s. for the training home and 15s. for the incurable ward. There were 34 girls and 14 patients in residence.

The Home was closed in 1934. The premises no longer exist.

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