GFS Diocesan Home of Rest, Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire, Wales
The Diocesan Home of Rest, run by the Girls' Friendly Society Home, was opened in 1900 at 'Tredawel', Ithon Road, Llandrindod Wells.
GFS Diocesan Home of Rest, Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire, c.1904. © Peter Higginbotham
The home continued in operation until the late 1930s. The property is now in private residential use.
Records
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- Records of the Girls' Friendly Society are deposited at The Women's Library, London School of Economics, 10 Portugal Street, London, WC2A 2HD.
Bibliography
- Heath-Stubbs, Mary Friendship's Highway: Being the History of the Girls' Friendly Society 1875-1935 (1935, GFS)
- Higginbotham, Peter Children's Homes: A History of Institutional Care for Britain's Young (2017, Pen & Sword)
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