Children's Homes and Institutions in Northumberland, 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.
- St Aidan's Home for Boys, St John Lee Rectory, Acomb (WS)
- Northumberland Council Home for Boys, Holmlea, Victoria Road, Alnwick (CC)
- Northumberland Council Family Group Home, Thornbrae, Alnmouth Road, Alnwick (CC)
- Alnwick Union / Northumberland Council Cottage Homes, Wagon Way Road, Alnwick* (PL/CC)
- Sacred Heart, Lemmington Hall, Alnwick
- Training School for Girls, Northumberland Street, Alnwick (CS)
- Northumberland Council Family Group Home, 102 Sweethope Avenue, Ashington (CC)
- Northumberland Council Family Group Home, 21 Reavley Avenue, Bedlington (CC)
- Northumberland Council Family Group Home, Meadowdale, Forster Avenue, Bedlington (CC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Observation and Assessment Centre, Clavering House, Axwell Park, Blaydon (BC)
- Wellesley Nautical School for Boys, Links Road, Blyth (BC)
- Wellesley Nautical School for Boys, Links Road, Blyth (IS/AS)
- Northumberland Council Family Group Home, 13 Allensgreen, Cramlington (CC)
- Northumberland Council Boys' Hostel, 13 Allensgreen, Cramlington (CC)
- Northumberland Council Family Group Home, 2 Lowther Square, Cramlington (CC)
- Northumberland Council Family Group Home, 20 Coanwood Drive, Cramlington (CC)
- Northumberland Council Family Group Home, 65 Allerhope, Cramlington (CC)
- Northumberland Council Family Group Home, Beaconhill, 163 Langdale Drive, Cramlington (CC)
- North Tyneside Council Family Group Home, 25-26 Wellington Avenue, Wellfield, Earsdon (BC)
- Tynemouth Union / Tynemouth Council Scattered Home, 25-26 Wellington Avenue, Wellfield, Earsdon* (PL/BC)
- North Tyneside Council Family Group Home, 15 Annitsford Drive, Fordley (CC/BC)
- Northumberland Council Family Group Home, 15 Annitsford Drive, Fordley (CC)
- Newcastle Diocesan House of Mercy, 305 Salter's Road, Gosforth (MH)
- St Hilda's Training School for Girls, 305 Salter's Road, Gosforth (AS)
- Home for Waifs and Strays, 7 Ashburton Crescent (now Lansdowne Crescent), Great North Road, Gosforth (DB)
- Ashburton House Industrial School for Roman Catholic Girls, Elmfield Road, Gosforth (IS)
- Newcastle Home for Crippled Children, Salter's Road / North Avenue, Gosforth
- Northumberland Association's Industrial Home for Girls, Plenmeller Road, Plenmeller (or Plain Mellor), Haltwhistle (IS)
- Hexham Union / Northumberland Council Children's Home, Fellside, Hexham* (CC)
- Northumberland Council Children's Home, Portland Lodge, Burnside Terrace, Hexham (CC)
- Mount Royal, Allendale Road, Hexham (DB)
- Sunshine Home for Blind Babies, Whitfield Hall Road, Hexham
- North Tyneside Council Home for Older Girls, 8 Garth Twelve, Killingworth (CC/BC)
- Northumberland Council Home for Older Girls, 8 Garth Twelve, Killingworth (CC)
- Tynemouth Union / Tynemouth Council Scattered Home, 2 Eastfield Avenue, Monkseaton* (PL/BC)
- Northumberland Council Ante and Post-Natal Hostel, Bowmer Bank, Morpeth (MB/CC)
- Northumberland Council Hill Brow, Buller's Green, Morpeth (CC)
- Morpeth Union / Northumberland Council Cottage Home (Girls), Dene View, Pottery Bank, Morpeth* (PL/CC)
- Morpeth Union / Northumberland Council Cottage Home (Girls), Overdale, Pottery Bank, Morpeth* (PL/CC)
- Morpeth Union / Northumberland Council Cottage Home (Boys), Wansbeck Villa, High Stanners, Morpeth* (PL/CC)
- Northumberland Council Southgate Remand Home, Morpeth (CC)
- Morpeth Home of Industry, Bow Villa, Morpeth (CS)
- Longhirst Hall, Longhirst, Morpeth (AS)
- North-Eastern Reformatory for Boys, Netherton (or Nedderton), Morpeth (Rfy/AS)
- Bolland Hall, Pottery Bank, Castle Morpeth, Morpeth
- Philipson Farm Colony, The Drive, Bet's Lane, Clifton, Morpeth (CS)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Hostel, 1 Gill Street, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Family Group Home, 1 Tankerville Place, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Family Group Home, 12 Chevin Close, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Family Group Home, 12 Slatyford Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Family Group Home, 14 Chalfont Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Family Group Home, 17 Chalfont Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Family Group Home, 17 Liddle Court, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Family Group Home, 17 Mead Walk, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Family Group Home, 17 St Oswald's Green, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Family Group Home, 18 Birnham Place, Montagu Estate, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Rivendell, 1a Jubilee Road, Melbourne Street, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Family Group Home, 21 Staithes Avenue, Lonbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Family Group Home, 221 Woodstock Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Family Group Home, 23 Wasdale Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Family Group Home, 25 Gofton Walk, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Family Group Home, 5 Hartburn Walk, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Children's Home, 7 Saville Place, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Family Group Home, 8 Gloucester Way, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Family Group Home, 8 Iona Place, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Theresa Russell Hall Boys' Hostel, Adderstone Crescent, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Residential Nursery, Armstrong Road, Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Receiving Home, Benwell View, Bentinck Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Birchvale House, Birchvale Avenue, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Fernwood House Reception Centre, Clayton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Residential Nursery / Family Group Home, Clifton Mount, 16-18 Grainger Park Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council Receiving Home, Grindon House, Beech Grove Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (BC)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Union Home, Myrtle Cottage, Bentinck Road, Newcastle upon Tyne* (PL/BC)
- Newcastle Boys' Refuge, 1 Hawthorn Terrace, Westmorland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Ever Open Door, 10 Saville Row, Newcastle upon Tyne (DB)
- 12 Earsdon Close, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Wilberforce Diocesan House of Refuge, 124 Westmoreland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (MH)
- North East Children's Society Home, 173 West Avenue, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Newcastle Diocesan Lodge, 18 St Thomas's Crescent, Newcastle upon Tyne
- St Joseph's, 19 Akenside Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Hopedene, 1A Gloucester Terrace, Elswick Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (SA/MB)
- Newcastle Ragged and Industrial Schools: Auxiliary Home, 204 Westmorland Road, Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne (IS)
- Newcastle Diocesan Lodge, 23 Ridley Place, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Ever Open Door, 24 Shieldfield Green, Newcastle upon Tyne (DB)
- Jesmount, 3 Jesmond Park West, Newcastle upon Tyne
- 30 West Farm Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (DB)
- Benton Grange School, 4 Benton Park Road, South Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne (AS)
- Wilberforce Diocesan House of Refuge, 41-43 Jesmond Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (MH)
- St Mary's Family Group Home, 43 Lesbury Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
- St Mary's Family Group Home, 54/56 Simonside Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Temporary Home and Free Registry Office, 6 Ravensworth Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne (LA/MH)
- Diocesan Training Home for Friendless Girls, 7-8 Ravensworth Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne (LA)
- St Phillip's Hostel for Boys, 94 Osborne Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Axwell Park School, Axwell Park, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne (IS/AS)
- Newcastle Reformatory for Boys, Barrack Square, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne (Rfy)
- Convent of the Good Shepherd, Benton Grange, Benton Park Road, South Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne (MH)
- Royal Victoria Asylum for the Blind, Benwell Dene, Newcastle upon Tyne
- St Vincent's Industrial School for Roman Catholic Boys, Brunel Terrace, Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne (IS)
- Newcastle Day Industrial School, City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (IS)
- Newcastle Diocesan Refuge, Clifton House, 54 Clifton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (MH)
- Newcastle Diocesan Refuge, Clifton House, 54 Clifton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (MB)
- Wansbeck Home, Diana Street, Newcastle upon Tyne (MH)
- Oznam House, Dunholme Road, Bentick Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (PHs)
- Newcastle Diocesan Maternity Home, Elswick Lodge, 128 Park Road (now Park Close), Newcastle upon Tyne (MB)
- Elswick House, Elswick Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (NCH)
- School for Roman Catholic Boys, Gibside Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne (CS)
- Chadwick Memorial Industrial School for Roman Catholic Boys, Grandstand Road, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne (IS)
- Northern Counties' Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Great North Road, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne (CS)
- Northern Counties Orphan Institution / Philipson Memorial Orphanage, Great North Road, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Hopedene, Jesmond Park Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (SA/MB)
- Newcastle Ragged and Industrial Schools, Jubilee Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne (IS)
- Ever Open Door, Linhope, 26 Mitchell Avenue, Newcastle upon Tyne (DB)
- Salvation Army Home, Marlborough House, 65 Osborne Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (SA/MH)
- Ever Open Door, Millbrooke, 51 Scrogg Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (DB)
- Netherton Home for Girls, Netherton, Newcastle upon Tyne (WS)
- Stelling Hall, Newton, near Stocksfield, Newcastle upon Tyne (NCH)
- Newcastle Boys' Refuge, Pandon House, Pandon, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Nazareth House, Sandyford Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Rescue Home, Wansbeck House, Elswick Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (MH)
- St Vincent's Home for Boys, West Denton Hall, Roman Way, West Denton, Newcastle upon Tyne
- St Joseph's Home, Westmorland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Roycroft, Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside Council Family Group Home, Hillcrest, 144 Queen Alexandra Road West, North Shields (BC)
- North Tyneside Council Seacrest, Rennington Close, North Shields (BC)
- Tynemouth Council Clevedon Villa Nursery, Clevedon Road, North Shields (BC)
- Tynemouth Union/Council Scattered Home, Hillcrest, 142 Queen Alexandra Road West, North Shields* (PL/BC)
- Tynemouth Union/Council Receiving Home, Holmlands, Military Road, North Shields* (PL/BC)
- Tynemouth Council Seacrest, Rennington Close, North Shields (BC)
- Tynemouth Union/Council Scattered Home, Southview, 144 Queen Alexandra Road West, North Shields* (PL/BC)
- Tynemouth Union Scattered Home, Park Crescent, North Shields* (PL)
- Industrial School Ship 'Wellesley', River Tyne, North Shields (IS/CS)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Union/Council Cottage Homes, Louisville, 38 North Road, Ponteland* (PL/BC)
- Castle Ward Union Home, Ponteland* (PL/BC)
- County Council Home, Louisville, 38 North Road, Ponteland (CC)
- Northumberland Council Family Group Home, 12 Low Close, Prudhoe (CC)
- St Aidan's Home for Boys, Mariner's Lane, Tynemouth (WS)
- St Aidan's Home for Boys, Fallowfield, Wall (WS)
- North Tyneside Council Home for Older Girls, Croft House, Edwin Grove, Wallsend (CC/BC)
- Northumberland Council Home for Older Girls, Croft House, Edwin Grove, Wallsend (CC)
- Northumberland Village Homes Industrial School for Girls, Norham Road, Whitley Bay (IS/CS/AS/BC)
- Tynemouth Council Home, Seacrest, Links Road, Cullercoats, Whitley Bay (BC)
- 148 Thorntree Drive, Whitley Bay (DB)
- Linden Lea, 15 Linden Terrace, Whitley Bay (DB)
- Sailors' Children's Society, 18 Roxburgh Terrace, Whitley Bay
- Northumberland Council Children's Home, 2-4 Eastfield Avenue, Whitley Bay
- Youth Training Scheme, 26-28 South Parade, Whitley Bay (DB)
- Eustace Percy House, 36 Beverley Terrace, Cullercoats, Whitley Bay
- St Aidan's Home for Boys, 4 Rockcliffe, Whitley Bay (WS)
- Beaconsfield, Grand Parade, Cullercoats, Whitley Bay (DB)
- St Oswald's Home for Girls, Mast Lane, Cullercoats, Whitley Bay (CS/WS)
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