Ancestry UK

Certified Schools — Derbyshire-Essex

Note that over the years, many establishments changed location and/or name, sometimes more than once. Multiple dates for the same establishment may indicate a change of management or premises.

Devon

Name and LocationCert. GrantedCert. Ended
Devonport and Western Counties Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the Blind, Fore Street, Devonport17-Mar-186630-May-1881
Devonport and Western Counties Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the Blind, St Aubyn Street, Devonport31-May-1881 8-Jun-1896
Lady Clinton's Industrial Home, Merton, Dolton 3-Mar-18841904
Ladies' Association Training Home for Friendless Girls, 1 Higher Belmont Road, Exeter23-Apr-1902 6-Oct-1908
Ladies' Association Training Home for Friendless Girls, 20 Holloway Street, Exeter 9-Oct-189323-Apr-1902
St Olave's Home for Girls, 32 Bartholomew Street East, Exeter26-Jul-190230-Dec-1902
GFS Lodge, 44 Magdalen Street, Exeter14-May-1896 6-Dec-1897
St Lawrence's Home for Girls, 49 Polsloe Road, Exeter26-Nov-1902 
The Nestling Home, Dunraven, 20 Alphington Road, Exeter1933 
Exeter Ladies' Association Training Home, Melbourne House, Friars' Walk, Exeter 6-Oct-1908 
West of England Institution for the Blind, St David's Hill, Exeter10-Sep-1863 
Western Counties Idiot Asylum / Training School for Feeble-minded Children, Star Cross, Exeter18-Mar-186510-Aug-1911
Royal West of England Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Topsham Road, Exeter21-Oct-186327-Sep-1909
School for Training Poor Girls, Kenton12-Jan-1863 9-Dec-1892
Barbrook Mill Orphanage for Girls, Lynton 1-Jan-1881 
St Michael's Home for Boys, Highweek, Newton Abbot 8-Apr-1902 
Totnes Institution for Orphan Girls, Paignton27-Jan-186420-Sep-1880
St Theresa's (orSt Teresa's) Roman Catholic School, 20-22 Gasking Street, Plymouth28-Feb-188119-Oct-1889
Plymouth, South Devon and Cornwall Institution for the Blind, Coburg Street, Plymouth15-Oct-186318-May-1881
St Theresa's (orSt Teresa's) Roman Catholic School for Boys, Gasking Street, Plymouth26-Oct-1883 
Plymouth, South Devon and Cornwall Institution for the Blind, North Hill, Plymouth19-May-1881 
Friendless Girls' Help Association Home, Staddon House, 26 Portland Square, Plymouth12-Jul-1909 
Friendless Girls' Help Association Home, Staddon House, Regent Street, Plymouth 1-Oct-189222-May-1909
Nazareth House, Winter Villa, Durnford Street, Stonehouse, Plymouth1932 
St Boniface's Home for Boys, Lower Town, Sampford Peverell27-Jan-1908 
Industrial and Orphan Home for Girls, 2-3 Warborough Mount, Warberry Road, Babbacombe, Torquay21-Sep-188013-Jun-1899
St Faith's Home for Girls, 426 Babbacombe Road, Wellswood, Torquay 8-Jul-1919 
The Orphan Boys' Home, Cotswold, Warren Road, Torquay 6-Nov-189925-Jan-1902
Industrial Orphanage for Girls / Erskine Home for Orphan Girls, Portland View, The Downs, Babbacombe, Torquay28-Jan-1899 
St Faith's Home for Girls, St Mary Church Road, Torquay 9-Aug-1884; 19-Nov-1896 
Girls' Aid Home, St Marychurch Road, Torquay 9-Aug-1894 
St Vincent's Orphanage for Boys / Children's Home, St Vincent's Road, Torre, Torquay14-Oct-1889 

Dorset

Name and LocationCert. GrantedCert. Ended
Orphanage and Industrial Home of the Sisters of Bethany, St Clement's Road, Springbourne, Bournemouth 3-Dec-1897 
St Faith's Home, 1 Mount Road, Parkstone24-Sep-189224-Jan-1920
St Katharine's Home for Girls, Crescent Road (now Southbourne Overcliff Drive), Southbourne-on-Sea 6-Mar-1912 
Ladies' Association Training Home for Girls, St Gabriel's, 40 East Street, Weymouth20-Aug-189422-Jan-1900

County Durham

Name and LocationCert. GrantedCert. Ended
Girls' Training Home, Springfield House, Snow's Green Road, Shotley Bridge, Consett 9-May-1907 
St Cuthbert's Home for Girls, 15 Pierremont Crescent, Darlington29-Jan-1894; 6-Mar-191220-Sep-1895
St Joseph's Industrial School for Roman Catholic Girls, 57 Carmel Road, Darlington 4-Nov-1903 
Training Home for Girls, Elton Parade, Darlington 3-May-1895 3-May-1897
St Peter's School for Boys, Main Road, Gainford30-Aug-1901 
Orphanage for Roman Catholic Children, Tudhoe, Spennymoor10-Jul-187110-Jan-1878
St Mary's Home for Roman Catholic Girls, Tudhoe, Spennymoor11-Jan-1878 
Upper Grade Training Institute, Stanley House, Hartington Road, Stockton-on-Tees12-Jan-1900 
Upper Grade Training Institute, Wellington House, Norton Road, Stockton-on-Tees15-Mar-189312-Jan-1900
St Nicholas' Home for Boys, Dipe Lane, West Boldon10-Jan-1907 

Essex

Name and LocationCert. GrantedCert. Ended
Home for Feeble-minded Boys, Ironbridge Farm, Shalford, Braintree20-Nov-1897 3-Jan-1900
Training School for Girls, Red Cottage, Great Warley, Brentwood 9-Jan-18931895
St Charles' School, Weald Road, Brentwoodc.1885 
St Helen's Orphanage / Home for Roman Catholic Boys, Brentwood14-May-186828-Apr-1892
St John's School for Roman Catholic Ophthalmic Boys, The Manor House, Turpin's Lane, Chigwell18-Aug-1897 
Training Home for Girls, East Hill, Colchester31-May-189211-Apr-1896
Industrial School and Home for Training Destitute Girls for Domestic Service, East Hill, Colchester 8-Nov-187615-Apr-1891
Industrial School for Training Girls for Domestic Service, Magdalen Street, Colchester11-Jun-1867 
School for Roman Catholic Girls who have suffered from trachoma, 'Banksea', 1 Orwell Terrace (now Road), Dovercourt10-Jan-1910 
Girls' Village Home / The Village, Horns Road, Barkingside, Ilford15-Aug-1887 
School for Roman Catholic Pauper Boys, Essex Villas, Lea Bridge Road, Leyton30-Apr-188528-Apr-1888
St Agnes' Orphanage, Leyton House, Church Road, Leyton26-Apr-18721902
St Ethelburga's Home for Girls, 28 York Hill, Loughton 8-Sep-1909 
Convalescent Home for Roman Catholic Boys, 1 Victoria Terrace, Southend-on-Sea18-Dec-187920-Oct-1882
St Joseph's Nazareth House / Southend School, 111 London Road, Southend-on-Sea23-Apr-1901 
Orphanage of Notre Dame de bon Secours for Roman Catholic Girls, Lonsdale Villa, Parade Place, Southend-on-Sea21-Aug-1872 
St Mary's School, Milton Road, Westcliff, Southend-on-Sea13-Dec-187815-May-1911
Home for Feeble-Minded Boys (John Nicks), Upshire Bury, Copt Hall, Waltham Abbey 8-Dec-1899; 12-Dec-19011909
Wiseman House School for Roman Catholic Boys, Shernhall Street, Walthamstow1932 
St Mary's Orphanage / Industrial School for Roman Catholic Girls, Walthamstow House, 1 Shernhall Street, Walthamstow 6-Apr-1867