Children's Homes and Institutions in Midlothian, Scotland
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.
- Ravelrig House & Cruachan, Lanark Road West, Balerno (DB)
- Nazareth House, 13 Hillhead, Bonnyrigg and Lasswade
- Midlothian Council Home, 100 Forthview Crescent, Currie (CC)
- Midlothian Council Home, 7 Forth View Avenue, Currie (CC)
- Midlothian Council Working Girls' Hostel, 12-14 Dougall Court, Dalkeith (CC)
- Midlothian Council Whitehill Home, Whitehill, Dalkeith (CC)
- Midlothian Council Danderhall Home, Kaimes View, Danderhall (CC)
- St Andrew's Home, Duddingstone (MH)
- Edinburgh Council Greendykes Family Group Home, 10 Greendykes Road, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council Home, 13 Southhouse Grove, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council Glenallan Home, 142 Glenallan Drive, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council Home, 15 Moredun Park Court, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council Home, 17 Calder Grove, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council Home, 2 Ferniehill Street, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council Ferniehill Chldren's Home, 2 Ferniehill Street, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council St Katharine's Centre Secure Unit, 29B Balmwell Terrace, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council Home, 34 Northfield Drive, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council Deanbank Children's Home, 35 Canaan Lane, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council Canaan Lodge Children's Home, 37 Canaan Lane, Morningside, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council St Katherine's Children's Home, 49 Howden Hall Road, Liberton, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council Oxgangs, 54 Oxgangs Drive, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council St Helen's Residential Nursey, 7 West Coates, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council Home, Balgreen House, Balgreen Road, Edinburgh (PL/BC)
- Fife Council Children's Home, Clerwood House, 96 Clermiston Road, Corstorphine, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council Redhall House Children's Home, Craiglockhart Drive, Slateford, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council Craigleith Children's Home, Crewe Road, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council Home, Southhouse Road, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh School Board Day Industrial School, St John's Hill, Edinburgh (IS/BC)
- Edinburgh Council Bruntsfield House, Whitehouse Loan, Edinburgh (BC)
- Edinburgh Council Regional Assessment Centre, Edinburgh (BC)
- Malta House, 1 Malta Terrace, Edinburgh
- Robertson Orphan Home for Girls, 1 Wifrid Terrace, Edinburgh
- Home for Girls, 10 Lauriston Lane, Edinburgh (LA)
- Church of Scotland Hostel for Girls, 13 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh
- Tron Church Industrial School, 14 Niddry Street, Edinburgh (IS)
- RSSPCC Shelter, 142 High Street, Edinburgh
- Home for Mothers and Babies, 17 Claremont Park, Edinburgh (MH/MB)
- Edinburgh Rescue Shelter, 18 (later 18-19) Graham Street, Edinburgh (MH)
- Edinburgh Rescue Shelter, 18 Dean Terrace, Edinburgh (MH)
- Falconer Rescue Home, 18 St John's Hill, Edinburgh (MH)
- The Tower, 19 Murrayfield Drive, Edinburgh (DB)
- Royal Victoria Lodge, 19 Rutland Square, Edinburgh
- Douglas Home for Crippled Children, 2 Lauder Road, Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Home for Crippled Children, 20 North Mansionhouse Road, Edinburgh
- Lord and Lady Polwarth's Home for Children, 22 Colinton Road, Edinburgh
- Dean House, 23 Ravelston Park, Edinburgh
- Salvation Army Home, 'Tor', Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh (SA/MB)
- Widowers' Children's Home, 235 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh
- NSPCC Children's Home, 235 Corstorphine Road, Murrayfield, Edinburgh
- Widowers' Children's Home, 235 Corstorphine Road, Murrayfield, Edinburgh
- Leith Industrial School for Boys, 24 King Street, Leith, Edinburgh (IS)
- Springwell House Rescue Home, 27 Ardmillan Terrace, Edinburgh (MH)
- St Mary's Orphan Home, 3 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh
- St Luke's Home, 19 Graham Street, Edinburgh
- Lauriston Home, 118 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh
- Lauriston Home, 3 Lauriston Park, Edinburgh (MB)
- Lauriston Home / Haig Ferguson Memorial Home, 4 Lauriston Park, Edinburgh (MB)
- Mother and Infant Home, 5 Admiral Terrace, Edinburgh (MB)
- Mother and Infant Home, 27 Drummond Place, Edinburgh (MB)
- St Margaret's House Hostel for Girls, 3 Saxe-Coburg Place, Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Home for Babies and School of Mothercraft, 30 Colinton Road and 3 Forbes Road, Edinburgh
- Blackford Brae, 31 South Oswald Road, Edinburgh (DB)
- Dean Bank Institution, 35 Canaan Lane, Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, 54 Rose Street, Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Chessels Court, Canongate, Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Hendersons Row, Edinburgh
- Edzell House, 35 Inverleith Terrace, Edinburgh
- 38 Greenhill Gardens, Edinburgh
- Asylum for the Industrious Blind, 38 Nicholson Street, Edinburgh
- Ever Open Door, 4 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh (DB)
- RSSPCC Shelter, 41 Polwarth Terrace, Edinburgh
- Royal Blind School, 43 Canaan Lane, Edinburgh
- Dunforth Children's Home, 46 Park Road, Newhaven, Edinburgh
- Hawthornbrae Home for Children, 46 The Causeway, Duddingston, Edinburgh
- Robertson Orphan Home for Girls, 5 Pilrig Street, Edinburgh
- Catholic Working Boys' Home, 50-52 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh (IS/AS)
- Original Industrial School for Girls (Dr Guthrie's), 533 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh (IS)
- Leith Industrial School for Boys, 57 Lochend Road, Leith, Edinburgh (IS)
- Asylum for the Industrious Blind, 58 Nicholson Street, Edinburgh
- Orphan and Emigration Home (Canadian Home for Friendless Girls), 6 Lauriston Lane, Edinburgh
- Original Industrial School for Girls (Dr Guthrie's): Auxiliary Home, 6-7 Brunswick Road, Leith Walk, Edinburgh (IS)
- Original Industrial School for Girls (Dr Guthrie's), 6-7 Lovers' Lane (now Brunswick Road), Leith Walk, Edinburgh (IS)
- Springwell House Rescue Home, 7 Henderson Terrace, Dalry Road, Edinburgh (MH)
- Children's Home, 7 Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh
- House of Charity, 7 Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home, 72 Grove Street, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh
- Dean Orphange / Orphan Hospital, 73 Belford Road, Edinburgh
- John Watson's Hospital, Belford Road, Edinburgh
- West Parish /St Cuthbert's Industrial School, 75 Morrison Street, Edinburgh (IS)
- Church of Scotland Hostel for Girls, 8 Royal Circus, Edinburgh
- Widowers' Children's Home, 8/11 Warrender Park Crescent, Edinburgh
- Waverley House Home for Working Boys, 82 Colinton Road, Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home, 9 Leith Street Terrace, Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Home for Crippled Children, 9 Salisbury Place, Edinburgh
- Victoria Industrial School for Girls, 92 Restalrig Road, Leith, Edinburgh (IS)
- Edinburgh Industrial Home, Alnwick Hill, Liberton, Edinburgh (MH)
- Edinburgh Laundry Home, Alnwick Hill, Liberton, Edinburgh (MH)
- St Vincent's Orphanage, Blacket Avenue, Edinburgh
- Salvation Army Home, Bonnington Bank House, Ferry Road, Edinburgh (SA/MH/MB)
- Challenger Lodge, Boswall Road, Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Home for Working Girls, Chalmers House, 39 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home, Cockburn Street, Edinburgh
- Royal Blind Asylum and School, Craigmillar Lane, Edinburgh
- Dalry Reformatory for Girls, Dalry Road, Edinburgh (Rfy)
- Dean Bank Institution, Dean Bank Lane, Edinburgh (Rfy)
- Church of Scotland Home, Denhamgreen House, Edinburgh (MH/MB)
- Academy for the Deaf and Dumb, Dumbiedykes Road, Edinburgh
- Mayfield House, East Trinity Road, Edinburgh
- St Andrew's Home of Mercy, Easter Duddington, Joppa, Edinburgh (MH)
- School for Blind Children, Gayfield Square, Edinburgh
- Original Industrial School for Girls (Dr Guthrie's), Gilmerton Road, Gilmerton, Edinburgh (IS/AS)
- Magdalene Institution, Gorgie Road, Edinburgh (MH)
- Carse Greenside Industrial School for Girls, Greenside Court, 26 Greenside Row, Edinburgh
- Female Orphan Home, Home Lodge, 96 Viewforth, Edinburgh
- Original Industrial School for Boys (Dr Guthrie's), Lasswade Road, Liberton, Edinburgh (IS/AS)
- Original Industrial School (Dr Guthrie's), Marionville, Lochend (now Marionville) Road, Edinburgh (IS)
- Robertson Orphan Home for Girls, Maryfield, 16 Easter Road, Edinburgh
- St Andrew's Home, Milton Road East, Joppa, Edinburgh
- St Vincent's Orphanage, Minto Street, Edinburgh
- Boroughmuirhead Reformatory for Girls, Morningside, Edinburgh (Rfy)
- Home for Cripple Girls, Nellifield, Coltbridge Avenue, Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home / Working Lads' Home, Ponton House, 1 Ponton Street, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh
- Working Lads' Home, Ponton House, 6 Magdala Crescent, Edinburgh
- Burghal Industrial School, Poor House, Forrest Row (or Forest Road), Edinburgh (IS/PL)
- Original Industrial School for Boys (Dr Guthrie's), Ramsay Lane, Edinburgh (IS)
- St Mary's Orphanage for Girls, Restalrig, Edinburgh
- Asylum for the Industrious Blind, Shakespeare Square, Edinburgh
- School for Blind Children, South Bridge, Edinburgh
- United Industrial School, South Gray's Close, High Street (or 31 Blackfriars Street), Edinburgh (IS)
- House of Mercy, St Catharine's Convent, Lauriston Gardens, Edinburgh
- School for Blind Children, St John Street, Edinburgh
- Robertson Orphan Home for Girls, The Vennel, Grassmarket, Edinburgh
- Salvation Army Metropole, The Vennel, Grassmarket, Edinburgh (SA/MH)
- Original Industrial School for Younger Children (Dr Guthrie's), Warriston (or Warriston's) Close, Edinburgh (IS)
- Christie Industrial Home for Girls, High Street, Portobello, Edinburgh
- Heriot Maitland Home, Wellington Street, Portobello, Edinburgh (MH)
- Donaldson's Hospital, West Coates, Edinburgh
- Woodfield, Woodhall Road, Colinton, Edinburgh
- Crescent House, Edinburgh
- Kirklands House, Gogarburn
- Midlothian Council Mother and Baby Home / Children's Home, 23 Lady Brae, Gorebridge (MB/CC)
- Midlothian Council Midfield Young People's Centre, Polton Road, Lasswade (CC)
- Midlothian Council Midfield House, Polton Road, Lasswade (CC)
- Polton House Farm School, Polton Road, Lasswade
- Church of Scotland Home, Dalry House, Hawthorn Gardens, Loanhead (MH)
- Dalry Reformatory for Girls, Hawthorn Gardens, Loanhead (Rfy)
- Midlothian Council Family Group Home, 4 Windsor Square, Penicuik (CC)
- Midlothian Council Kirkhill Family Home, 4 Windsor Square, Kirkhill, Penicuik (CC)
- Midlothian Council Children's Home, 76 Windsor Square, Penicuik (CC)
- Midlothian Council Home, 76 Windsor Square, Penicuik (CC)
- Wellington Farm School for Boys / Wellington School, Leadburn, Penicuik (Rfy/AS/BC)
- St Joseph's Hospital for the Mentally Handicapped, Rosewell
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