Children's Homes and Institutions in Berkshire, 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.
- Berkshire Council Home, 19-20 Fettiplace Road, Marcham, Abingdon (CC)
- Berkshire Council Summerhayes, Springfield Drive, Abingdon (CC)
- Caldecott House, Caldecott Road, Abingdon (DB)
- Oakley House, Faringdon Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon (DB)
- The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon
- Berkshire Council Ashleigh, Kennel Ride, Ascot (CC)
- St Christopher's Orphanage / Cottage Orphanage of the Holy Spirit, Ascot Priory, Priory Road, Ascot
- Princess Helena Victoria Nursery, Grenville House, Ascot (WS)
- Licensed Victuallers' School, London Road, Ascot
- Berkshire Council Beenham Lodge Boys' Home, Beenham (CC)
- Berkshire Council Home, 11 Clacy Green, Bracknell (CC)
- Berkshire Council Home, 17-19 Cherbury Close, Harmanswater, Bracknell (CC)
- Berkshire Council Home, 33 Drovers Way, Bracknell (CC)
- Easthampstead Union / Berkshire Council Cottage Home, 76 Binfield Road, Bracknell* (PL/CC)
- Berkshire Council St Anthony's Hostel for Boys, 76 Binfield Road, Bracknell (CC)
- Berkshire Council Cressex Lodge Hostel for Girls, Terrace Road, Binfield, Bracknell (CC)
- Easthampstead Union Cottage Home, Wokingham Road, Bracknell* (PL)
- Reading Council Home for Senior Girls, Branksome, 16 St Peter's Hill, Caversham (BC)
- Reading Council Home, Grove Hill House, Grove Hill, Caversham (BC)
- Reading Council Residential Nursery, Hampton Lodge, 14 6 St Peter's Hill, Caversham (BC)
- Reading Council Home, Knockeevan, 3 Albert Road, Caversham (BC)
- St Benet's Home for Boys, 11 Kidmore End Road, Emmer Green, Caversham (CS/WS)
- St Mary's Home, Hill House, Cold Ash (IS/WS)
- St Finian's Preventive Home /St Gabriel's, The Ridge, Cold Ash
- Cookham (Maidenhead) Union Scattered Home, Cookham Rise, Cookham* (PL)
- Ravenswood, Crowthorne
- Windsor Union Cottage Home (Girls), Ashdene,St Jude's Road, Englefield Green* (PL/CC)
- St Thomas's Industrial Home and Orphanage, Foxcombe Hill
- Cookham (Maidenhead) Union / Berkshire Council Scattered Home, Furze House, Cannon Court Lane, Furze Platt* (PL/CC)
- Wedmore, Remenham Hill, Henley-on-Thames
- Berkshire Council Home, 37 Park Way, Hungerford (CC)
- Berkshire Council Home, 136 Wessex Way, Maidenhead (CC)
- Berkshire Council Bramerton Hostel for Girls, Bray Road, Maidenhead (CC)
- Berkshire Council Fratons Nursery, Maidenhead Thicket, Maidenhead (CC)
- Berkshire Council Home, Redriff, Maidenhead (CC)
- Berkshire Council Home, St Edmund's, Ray Mill Road, Maidenhead (CC)
- St Agnes' Lodge, 1 Laburnham Road, Maidenhead (MH)
- St Agnes' Lodge, 52 Clare Road, Maidenhead (MH)
- Boyn Hill Girls' Industrial School, Boyn Hill, Maidenhead (IS/LA)
- Cookham (Maidenhead) Union Scattered Home, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead* (PL)
- Cookham (Maidenhead) Union Scattered Home, Leopold House, Grenfell Road, Maidenhead* (PL)
- Cookham (Maidenhead) Union Scattered Home, The Gables, Court House Road, Maidenhead* (PL)
- Berkshire Council Home, Strathfield (or Stratfield) House, West End Road, Mortimer West End (CC)
- Berkshire Council Laneswood Nursery, Mortimer West End (CC)
- Berkshire Council Home, 34-36 Kersey Crescent, Newbury (CC)
- Berkshire Council Curridge Boys' Home, Curridge, Newbury (CC)
- Berkshire Council Mother and Baby Hostel, York House, 50 Andover Road, Newbury (MB/CC)
- GFS Lodge, Alma Lodge, Speen Lane, Speen, Newbury
- Training Home, Kennett Road, Newbury
- GFS Lodge and Training School, Kennett Road, West Mills, Newbury (CS)
- The Warren, Newbury (MB/CC)
- Windsor Union / Berkshire Council Cottage Home (Boys), Albany House, Croft Corner, Old Windsor* (PL/CC)
- Berkshire Council Monksbarn Reception Home, 27 Cressingham Road, Reading (CC)
- Reading Union Scattered Home, 11-13 Millman Road, Reading* (PL/BC)
- Reading Council Bailey Home, 11-13 Milman Road, Reading (BC)
- Reading Council Home, 14/16 St Peter's Hill, Caversham, Reading (BC)
- Reading Council Home, 2 Eliot Close, Caversham, Reading (BC)
- Reading Council Bailey Home, 23-25 Milman Road, Reading (BC)
- Reading Council Home, 4 Granville Road, Caversham, Reading (BC)
- Reading Council Home, 6 Brownlow Road, Reading (BC)
- Reading Council Home, 67 Berkeley Avenue, Reading (BC)
- Reading Union/Council Receiving Home, The Beeches, 109 London Road, Reading* (PL/BC)
- GFS Lodge and Servants' Training Home, 10 Church Street, Reading (CS)
- 1-4 Southernhill, Redlands Road, Reading (DB)
- Girls' Training School, 169 Orts Road, Newtown, Reading
- Reading Shelter, 23 Russell Street, Reading (MH)
- Reading Union Scattered Home, 23-25 and 40 Russell Street, Reading* (PL)
- Prospect Lodge Home for Boys, 307 Oxford Road, Reading (WS)
- St Monica's, 37 Christchurch Road, Reading (MH)
- Reading Shelter, 41 Russell Street, Reading (MH)
- St Mary's Home, 53-55 Baker Street, Reading (MH)
- The Refuge, 59 Castle Street, Reading (MH)
- Reading Union Scattered Home, 59 Queen's Road, Reading* (PL)
- Reading Female Aid Society Shelter, 6 Zinzan Street, Reading (MH)
- Reading Laundry Home, 61 Castle Street, Reading (MH)
- Detention Home for Young Offenders, 72-74 Southampton Street, Reading
- Reading Union Scattered Home, 82-84 Crescent Road, Reading* (PL)
- Reading Union Scattered Home, 'Ashberry' and 'Sutton', Southampton Street, Reading* (PL)
- Beech Hill, Reading
- Blue Coat School, Brunswick House, Bath Road, Reading
- Reading Union Scattered Home, 'Camarra' and 'Rosemont', King's Road, Reading* (PL)
- St Andrew's Home for Boys, Elm Lodge, Oxford Road, Reading (CS/WS)
- Reading Borstal, Forbury Road, Reading (BI)
- Rescue Home, Norwood House, King's Road, Reading (MH)
- Reading Female Home, Redlands Villa, 4 New Road, Southern Hill, Reading (MH)
- Berkshire Reformatory School, Shinfield, Reading (Rfy)
- Blue Coat School, The Talbot, London Street, Reading
- Reading Union Scattered Home, 'Wilson' and 'Clifford', South Street;, Reading* (PL)
- St Benedict's School for Boys, Wokefield Park, Mortimer, Reading (AS)
- Berkshire Council Home, 23-24 Bedford Lane, Sunninghill (CC)
- Berkshire Council Home, 77 Mount Road, Thatcham (CC)
- Berkshire Council The Priory, Church lane, Thatcham (CC)
- Berkshire Council Home, Hazel Cottage, Wantage Road, Wallingford (CC)
- Wallingford Union Cottage Homes / Sinodun Cottages, Wantage Road, Wallingford* (PL)
- Berkshire Council Home, 54 North Drive, Grove, Wantage (CC)
- St Joseph's Domestic School for Girls, Challow Road, Wantage (AS)
- St Mary's Training Home, Challow Road, Wantage (MH/AS)
- Wantage Union Home, Manor Road, Wantage* (PL)
- St Michael's Domestic Training Home for Girls, Priory Road, Wantage (AS)
- Reading & Wokingham District School, Victoria Road, Wargrave* (PL)
- Berkshire Council Burnell House Hostel, 27 Bolton Avenue, Windsor (MB/CC)
- St Michael's, 2 Dorset Road, Windsor (MB)
- Princess Christian's Nursery, 22/24 King's Road, Windsor (WS)
- St Michael's, 56 Frances Road, Windsor (MB)
- Windsor Refuge, Cambridge Villa, Dorset Road, Windsor (MH)
- HRH Princess Christian's Training College and Infant Nursery, Clewer Hill House, Clewer Hill Road, Windsor (WS)
- St John's Training Home, Hatch Lane, Clewer, Windsor
- St John's Home, Hatch Lane, Clewer, Windsor
- House of Mercy, Hatch Lane, Clewer, Windsor (MH)
- St Augustine's Home for Boys, New (later Clarence) Road, Clewer, Windsor
- Windsor Refuge, St Michael's, Dorset Road, Windsor (MH)
- Wellesley House, Vansittart Road, Windsor
- Wellesley Home Refuge / Preventive Training Home, Vansittart Road, Clewer, Windsor (MH)
- Windsor Shelter, Winton Cottage, 92 Alma Road, Windsor (MH)
- New Lodge, Drift Road, Winkfield, Windsor Forest (DB)
- Wokingham Union / Berkshire Council Cottage Home, Murray House, 30 (later 48) Oxford Road, Wokingham* (PL/CC)
- Royal Merchant Seamen's Orphanage, Bearwood, Wokingham
- High Close, Wiltshire Road, Wokingham (DB)
- Berkshire Council Home, Watson House, 109 Colemans Moor Road, Woodley (CC)
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