Children's Homes and Institutions in Northamptonshire, 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.
- Brackley Cottage Home for Boys, Antelope Hill, Brackley (WS)
- Evenley Hall, Evenley, Brackley (NCH)
- Glebe House, Old Town, Brackley (AS)
- Egerton House School for Boys, Old Town, Brackley (AS)
- Daventry Union / Northamptonshire Council Cottage Homes, 34-36 High Street, Braunston* (PL/CC)
- Kettering Union Cottage Homes, 1-2 High Street, Burton Latimer* (PL)
- Northampton Council Rawlings Nursery, 15 The Avenue, Dallington (BC)
- St Saviour's Diocesan Maternity Home, 103 Harlestone Road, Dallington (MB)
- Elmleigh, 114 Harlestone Road, Dallington (MB)
- Northampton Girls' Home, 13 The Avenue, Dallington (DB)
- Holywood Hostel for Boys, 3 The Avenue, Dallington
- Home for Girls, 3 The Avenue, Dallington
- Northamptonshire Council Southlands, 1 London Road, Daventry (CC)
- Wellingborough Union Scattered Home, Ecton* (PL)
- Girls' Charity School, Finedon
- Wellingborough Union Cottage Homes, Finedon* (PL)
- Wellingborough Union / Northamptonshire Council Cottage Homes, Rockleigh, Wellingborough Road, Irthlingborough* (PL/CC)
- Northamptonshire Council Home, 11 Headlands, Kettering (CC)
- Northamptonshire Council Home, 116 Rockingham Road, Kettering (CC)
- St Gabriel's Home for Girls, Roundhill Lodge, 21-23 Broadway, Kettering (CS/WS)
- Katharine Knapp Sunshine Home for Blind Babies, Kingsthorpe
- Northampton Council Home, 101 Newton Road, Northampton (BC)
- Northampton Union/Council Scattered Home, 15 Colwyn Road, Northampton* (PL/BC)
- Northampton Council Home, 1 St Alban's Close, Northampton (BC)
- Northampton Union Receiving Home, 2 Watkin Terrace, Bailiff Street, Northampton* (PL/BC)
- Northampton Union/Council Scattered Home, 21 Marriott Street, Northampton* (PL/BC)
- Northampton Council Home, 22-24 Evenley Road, Northampton (BC)
- Northampton Council Residential Nursery, 2-4 Ribble Close, Northampton (BC)
- Northampton Union/Council Scattered Home, 43 Semilong Road, Northampton* (PL/BC)
- Northampton Council Home, 91-93 Chalcombe Avenue, Northampton (BC)
- Northampton Union/Council Scattered Home, 95 St Michael's Road, Northampton* (PL/BC)
- Northampton Council Home, Lindfield,445 Wellingborough Road, Northampton (BC)
- Northampton Council Britten's Farm, Wheatfield Road South, Northampton (BC)
- Northampton Council Home, Whiston Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton (BC)
- Northamptonshire Council Home, 103 Harlestone Road, Northampton (CC)
- Northamptonshire Council Home, 107 Clarence Avenue, Northampton (CC)
- Northamptonshire Council Home, 14-16 Delta Way, Welford Road, Northampton (CC)
- Northamptonshire Council Home, 144 Boughton Green Road, Northampton (CC)
- Northamptonshire Council Home, 2 The Vale, Northampton (CC)
- Northamptonshire Council Home, 27-29 Kingsley Road, Northampton (CC)
- Northamptonshire Council Nursey Unit, 33 Kingsley Road, Northampton (CC)
- Northamptonshire Council Home, 48 St George's Avenue, Northampton (CC)
- Northamptonshire Council Home, 55-57 Grasscroft, Welford Road, Northampton (CC)
- Northamptonshire Council Home, 72 St George's Avenue, Northampton (CC)
- Northamptonshire Council Home, 77-79 Grasscroft, Welford Road, Northampton (CC)
- Northamptonshire Council Highfield House Observation and Assessment Centre, Welford Road, Northampton (CC)
- Northamptonshire Council Highfield House Reception Home, Welford Road, Northampton (CC)
- Northampton Union Scattered Home, 1 Adelaide Terrace, Leicester Road, Northampton* (PL)
- Northampton Girls' Home, 1 Albion Place, Northampton (DB)
- Nazareth House Children's Home, 116 Harlestone Road, Northampton
- Northampton Girls' Home, 2 Castilian Street, Northampton (DB)
- St Saviour's Home, 21/21A/23A Manor Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton (MH/MB)
- Northampton Refuge, 29 Newland Terrace, Northampton (MH)
- Northampton Refuge, 3 St Katherine's Terrace, Northampton (MH)
- Servants' Training Institution for Orphans, 45 Horsemarket, Northampton
- Northampton Society's Reformatory for Girls, 57 St Giles' Street, Northampton (Rfy)
- Northampton Society's Reformatory for Girls, 58 Abington Street, Northampton (Rfy)
- Northamptonshire Orphanage for Girls, 72 St Giles's Street, Northampton
- Northampton Refuge /St Faith's Home, 9/10 St George's Avenue, Northampton (MH/PHm)
- Nazareth House, Leicester (now Barrack) Road, Northampton (CS)
- Northampton Union School, Portland Street (now Place), Northampton* (PL)
- Servants' Training Institution for Orphans, St James' Street, Northampton
- Soke of Peterborough Council Home, 11 Alderman's Drive, Peterborough (CC)
- Soke of Peterborough Council Home, 12 Dogsthorpe Lane, Peterborough (CC)
- Soke of Peterborough Council Home, 165 London Road, Peterborough (CC)
- Soke of Peterborough Council Home, 237 St Paul's Road, Peterborough (CC)
- Soke of Peterborough Council Home, 386 Eastfield Road, Peterborough (CC)
- Soke of Peterborough Council Home, 83-85 Midland Road, Peterborough* (PL/CC)
- Soke of Peterborough Council Home, St Nicholas, South Parade, Peterborough (CC)
- Soke of Peterborough Council Home, Thorpe Road House, Thorpe Road, Peterborough (CC)
- Soke of Peterborough Council The Children's Home / The Nursery, West Parade, Peterborough (CC)
- Church Army Refuge, 10 Crawthorne Road, Peterborough (MH)
- St John's School for Roman Catholic Boys, Laundry Road, Apethorpe, Peterborough (AS)
- Thrapston Union / Northamptonshire Council Home, The Delves, Marshall's Road, Raunds* (PL/CC)
- Northamptonshire Council Eastfields, Victoria Road, Rushden (CC)
- Northamptonshire Council Broadlands, Victoria Road, Rushden (CC)
- St John's School for Boys, St John's Road, Tiffield, Towcester (AS)
- Northampton Society's Reformatory School for Boys, St John's Road, Tiffield, Towcester (Rfy)
- Northamptonshire Council Home, 82 Northampton Road, Wellingborough (CC)
- Northamptonshire Council Home, Fairlawn, Oxford Street, Wellingborough (CC)
- Hatton Home for Boys, Broad Green, Wellingborough (WS)
- Home of Rest for Poor Children, Wilby
- Boys' Orphanage, Winwick
- Servants' Training Institution, Wootton
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