Children's Homes and Institutions in Bedfordshire, England
Abbreviations:
AB=Northern Ireland Area Board; AS=Approved School; BC=Borough Council; BI=Borstal;
CC=County Council; CHE=Community Home; CS=Certified School; DB=Barnardo's;
DC=Detention Centre; IS=Industrial School; LA=Ladies' Association; LC=London Borough Council;
LD=List D; MB=Mothers/Babies; MH=Magdalen Home; NCH=National Children's Home;
PHm=Probation Home; PHs=Probation Hostel; PL=Poor Law Home; Rfy=Reformatory School;
SA=Salvation Army; WS=Waifs & Strays / Children's Society.
Links marked * are to pages on www.workhouses.org.uk.
- Bedfordshire Council Clevedon Nursery, 14 Dunstable Street, Ampthill (CC)
- Furniture Trades' Benevolent Association Home, Radlett House, 93-95 West Hill, Aspley Guise
- Bedfordshire Council Silver Birches, 134 Bromham Road, Bedford (CC)
- Bedfordshire Council Home, 28-30 Meadway, Bedford (CC)
- Bedfordshire Council Bedford Day Nursery, Woburn Road, Bedford (CC)
- Bedfordshire Training Home for Girls, 1 Hill Rise, Park Road North, Bedford (LA)
- Bedford and County Girls' Home, 1 Hill Rise, Park Road North, Bedford (MH/MB)
- Bedfordshire Training Home for Girls, 1 Tavistock Place, Bedford (LA)
- Bedfordshire Training Home for Girls, 102 Tavistock Street, Bedford (LA)
- Howard House, 17 Cardington Road, Bedford (DB)
- Holt House, 178 Hurst Grove, Bedford (MB)
- St Audrey's Home for Girls, 25 St Cuthbert's Street, Bedford (CS/WS)
- Bedford Shelter, 32 Brereton Road, Bedford (MH)
- Ely &St Alban's Diocese Deaconess Home /St Etheldreda's, 9-11 Bromham Road, Bedford (CS)
- Bedford and County Home, 97 Ashbunham Road, Bedford (MH/MB)
- Bedford Juvenile Prison, Bromham Road, Bedford (BI)
- Bedfordshire Reformatory for Boys, School Lane, Carlton, Bedford (Rfy/AS)
- St Audrey's Home for Girls, Woodleigh, 97 Ashburnham Road, Bedford (WS)
- Bedfordshire Council Home, Hillcote (later Holmfield), 134 London Road, Biggleswade* (PL/CC)
- Bedfordshire Council Home, Holmeside, Station Road, Biggleswade* (PL/CC)
- Bedfordshire Council Maythorne Hostel for Mentally Handicapped Children, The Lawns, The Baulk, Biggleswade (CC)
- Bedfordshire Council Home, 187 Westfield Road, Dunstable (CC)
- Bedfordshire Council Home, 39 Oakwood Avenue, Dunstable (CC)
- 44 Priory Road, Dunstable (NCH)
- Bedfordshire Council Home, The White House, Eggington (CC)
- Bedfordshire Council The Barns, 123 High Street, Kempston (CC)
- Bedford Union / Bedfordshire Council Cottage Home, Kempston Lodge, 80 Bunyan Road, Kempston* (PL/CC)
- Bedfordshire Council Oxendon House Remand Home, Plantation Road, Leighton Buzzard (CC)
- Eversholt House, Grove Place, Leighton Buzzard (WS)
- Bedfordshire Council Home for Sick and Convalescent Children, 111 London Road, Luton (CC)
- Luton Union/Council Cottage Home, Beech Hill Homes, Dunstable Road, Luton* (PL/CC)
- Bedfordshire Council Home, 'Belle Vue', Napier Road, Luton (CC)
- Bedfordshire Council Home, 'Fairlight', Hart Hill Lane, Luton (CC)
- Bedfordshire Council Home, Runfold House, 48-50 Parys Road, Luton (CC)
- Bedfordshire Council Home, Tomlinson House Children's Home, Luton (CC)
- Bedfordshire Council Home, 'Winsdon', 2 Farley Hill, Luton (CC)
- Luton Council Home, 'Belle Vue', Napier Road, Luton (BC)
- Luton Council Home, 'Fairlight', Hart Hill Lane, Luton (BC)
- Luton Council Home, 'Winsdon', 2 Farley Hill, Luton (BC)
- Luton Council Tomlinson House Children's Home, Luton (BC)
- Luton Shelter, 13 Napier Road, Luton (MH)
- Girls' Training Home, 27 Cardiff Grove, Luton (MH)
- Children's Home, London Road, Luton
- Bedfordshire Council Manor Farm, 76 London Road, Sandy (CC)
- Blunham Babies' Home, The Cottage, 81 High Street, Blunham, Sandy
- St Francis' Home / Industrial School for Roman Catholic Boys, 23 High Street, Shefford (IS/CS)
- Widecombe, 36 Grasmere Road, Streatley (MB)
- Inglis House, Milton Bryant, Woburn (CS)
- Bedfordshire Training Home for Girls, Narrow Path, Aspley Heath, Woburn Sands (LA)
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