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Certified Reformatories

A separate page gives background information on Certified Reformatories.

England

Bedfordshire

• Bedfordshire Reformatory for Boys, School Lane, Carlton, Bedford

Berkshire

• Berkshire Reformatory School, Shinfield, Reading

Cheshire

• 'Akbar' Reformatory: Auxiliary Home, Kempthorne House, 533 New Chester Road, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead
• Reformatory School Ship for Roman Catholic Boys 'Clarence', Off New Ferry, Birkenhead
• Reformatory School Ship for Roman Catholic Boys 'Royal William', Off New Ferry, Birkenhead
• Reformatory School Ship 'Akbar', River Mersey, off Rock Ferry, Birkenhead
• Saltersford Reformatory for Boys, Macclesfield Road, Holmes Chapel
• Bradwall Reformatory for Boys, Walnut Tree Lane, Sandbach

Cumberland

• Cumberland Reformatory for Boys, Stanwix, Carlisle

Devon

• Devon and Exeter Reformatory and Refuge for Girls, 80 Polsloe Road, Exeter
• Devon and Exeter Reformatory Farm School for Boys / Northbrook School, Beacon Lane, Whipton, Exeter
• Devon and Exeter Reformatory Farm School for Boys, Brampford Wood, Exeter

Dorset

• Dorset Reformatory for Boys, Milborne St Andrew, Blandford

County Durham

• Sunderland Reformatory for Girls, 6 Tatham Street, Sunderland
• Sunderland Boys' Industrial and Ragged School, Silver Street, Sunderland

Essex

• Essex Reformatory for Boys, Chalk Lane, Harlow Tye, Harlow
• St Edward's Reformatory for Roman Catholic Boys, Boleyn Castle, Green Street, East Ham, Plaistow
• Reformatory School Ship 'Cornwall', River Thames, Purfleet
• St John's Reformatory School for Roman Catholic Boys, Shernhall Street, Walthamstow

Gloucestershire

• Arno's Court Reformatory for Roman Catholic Girls, Bath Road, Arno's Vale, Bristol
• Kingswood Auxiliary Home, Fairlawn, 23 Montague Hill, Bristol
• Red Lodge Reformatory for Girls, Park Row, Bristol
• Hardwicke Reformatory for Boys, Hardwicke Court, Bristol Road, Gloucester
• Kingswood Reformatory for Boys, Kennard Road, Kingswood

Hampshire

• Hampshire Reformatory for Boys, Netley Marsh, Eling, Southampton

Hertfordshire

• Hertfordshire Reformatory for Boys, Wadesmill Road, Chapmore End, Ware

Kent

• Fairby Grange Reformatory for Girls, Ash Road, Fawkham

Lancashire

• Fylde Farm Reformatory for Boys, Poulton-le-Fylde, Blackpool
• North Lancashire Reformatory for Boys, Bleasdale, Garstang
• Reformatory School Ship 'Clarence': Temporary Home, 111-113 Shaw Street, Liverpool
• Farnworth and Birkdale Auxiliary Home, 28 Great George Square, Liverpool
• Toxteth Park Girls' Reformatory, 3 (later 9) Park Hill Road, Liverpool
• Liverpool Reformatory for Girls, 6 Mount Vernon Green, Edge Hill, Liverpool
• Druid's Cross Reformatory for Girls, Druid's Cross Road, Wavertree, Liverpool
• Lancashire Reformatory for Roman Catholic Girls, May Place, Broad Green Road, Old Swan, Liverpool
• Parkside School for Girls / Poplar Bank House School for Girls, Poplar Bank, Huyton, Liverpool
• Shrewsbury House Auxiliary Home for Boys, Portland Place, Roscommon Street, Liverpool
• Liverpool Reformatory for Girls Auxiliary Home, The Willows, 5 Mount Vernon Green, Edge Hill, Liverpool
• Toxteth Park Girls' Reformatory, Wellington Road, Liverpool
• Manchester and Salford Reformatory for Boys, French Barn Lane, Blackley, Manchester
• Liverpool Reformatory Farm School for Boys / Red Bank School, Mill Lane (now Winwick Road), Newton-le-Willows
• Birkdale Farm School Reformatory for Roman Catholic Boys, Liverpool Road, Ainsdale, Southport
• Liverpool Reformatory for Roman Catholic Girls, Blackbrook House, Blackbrook Road, St Helens
• St Aidan's Nautical School for Roman Catholic Boys, Norlands Lane, Farnworth, Widnes

Leicestershire

• Leicestershire Juvenile Reformatory for Boys, Peckleton House, Peckleton, Hinckley
• MountSt Bernard's Reformatory for Roman Catholic Boys, Whitwick, near Coalville, Loughborough

London (E/EC Postal Areas)

• Home in the East Reformatory for Boys, Ford House, 618 Old Ford Road, Bow E3

London (N/NW Postal Areas)

• Rescue Society's Reformatory for Girls, 28 Church Row, Hampstead NW3
• Hampstead Reformatory for Girls, 9 Church Row, Hampstead NW3
• Hampstead Reformatory for Girls, Heathfield House, Holford Road, Hampstead Heath, Hampstead NW3
• Queen Elizabeth's Lodge Reformatory, The Bourne, Old Southgate N14

London (SE/SW Postal Areas)

• School of Discipline for Girls, 2 Queen's Road West (formerly Paradise Row, now Royal Hospital Road), Chelsea SW2
• Reformatory School for Boys, Russell House, 13-17 Cedars Road, Clapham SW4
• Surrey Girls' Reformatory, 6 Upper Belmont Place, Wandsworth Road, Clapham SW8
• Surrey Girls' Reformatory, Netherton House, 4 Old Town, Clapham SW4
• Fulham Reformatory / Industrial School for Boys, Finlay Street, Fulham SW6
• London Female Preventive Reformatory / Holt Yates Memorial Home, 5 Parson's Green, Fulham SW6
• Wandsworth Boys' Home and Reformatory, Bridge House, Wandsworth SW18
• Wandsworth Boys' Home and Reformatory, Spanish Road, Wandsworth Common SW18

London (W/WC Postal Areas)

• Reformatory for Roman Catholic Boys, Blyth (or Blythe) House, Blyth Lane, Brook Green, Hammersmith W6
• Eagle House Reformatory for Roman Catholic Girls, Brook Green, Hammersmith W6

Middlesex

• Park House Training School for Jewish Boys, Wood End Green Road, Hayes End

Norfolk

• Buxton Reformatory for Boys, Buxton Lamas
• Norfolk Reformatory for Boys, Catton, Norwich

Northamptonshire

• Northampton Society's Reformatory for Girls, 57 St Giles' Street, Northampton
• Northampton Society's Reformatory for Girls, 58 Abington Street, Northampton
• Northampton Society's Reformatory School for Boys, St John's Road, Tiffield, Towcester

Northumberland

• North-Eastern Reformatory for Boys, Netherton (or Nedderton), Morpeth
• Newcastle Reformatory for Boys, Barrack Square, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staffordshire

• Birmingham Girls' Reformatory, 'The Coppice', Cape Hil, Smethwick
• Rowley Hall Training School for Girls, Rowley Park, Stafford
• Stafford County Industrial Home / Reformatory for Girls, Sandon Road, Stafford

Suffolk

• Suffolk Kerrison Reformatory School for Boys, Stoke Road, Thorndon, Eye
• St Matthew's Industrial Home for Girls, 8 Blackhorse Lane, Ipswich

Surrey

• Inval School for Girls, Inval House, Bunch Lane, Haslemere
• Philanthropic Society's Farm School for Boys, Philanthropic Road, Redhill
• LCC Duxhurst Girls' Reformatory, Duxhurst Lane, Reigate
• LCC Duxhurst Reformatory:St Ursula's Cottage &St Bridget's Cottage, Duxhurst Lane, Reigate

Sussex

• Murray Vicars' House, Finsbury Road, Albion Hill, Brighton
• Church Army Special School for Girls, London Cottage, Albion Hill, Brighton
• St Elizabeth's Reformatory for Girls, West Drive, Queen's Park, Brighton

Warwickshire

• Reformatory for Girls, 45 Camden Street, Birmingham
• Saltley Reformatory / Norton Boys' Home, Fordrough Lane, Bordesley Green, Birmingham
• Warwickshire Reformatory for Girls, 61 Little Park Street, Coventry
• Allesley Farm Reformatory for Girls, Tile Hill, Coventry
• Warwickshire Reformatory for Girls, Dalehouse Lane, Knowle Hill, Kenilworth
• St Michael's Reformatory for Girls, 25 Charlotte Street, Leamington Spa
• Warwickshire Reformatory for Boys, Weston under Wetherley, Leamington Spa

Wiltshire

• Limpley Stoke Girls' Reformatory, Lower Stoke, Limpley Stoke
• Wiltshire Farm School for Boys, Tascroft, Folly Lane, Warminster

Worcestershire

• Stoke Farm Reformatory for Boys, Shaw Lane, Stoke Prior
• Woodbury Hill Reformatory for Boys, Camp Lane, Shelsley Beauchamp, Worcester

East Riding of Yorkshire

• Yorkshire Roman Catholic Reformatory for Boys /St William's School, Market Weighton

North Riding of Yorkshire

• Castle Howard Reformatory / Approved School, Crambeck Lane, Welburn, Malton

West Riding of Yorkshire

• Calder Farm Reformatory for Boys: Auxiliary Home, Rock House, Duke Street, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury
• West Riding Girls' Reformatory, Balby Road, Doncaster
• East Moor Reformatory for Boys, Tile Lane, Adel, Leeds
• Calder Farm Reformatory for Boys, Sands Lane, Mirfield
• St Joseph's Home RC Girls' Reformatory / Industrial School, Fulton Road, Howard Hill, Sheffield
• Kirkedge Reformatory, Kirk Edge Road, Bradfield, Sheffield
• West Riding Refuge and Reformatory for Girls, St John's, Wakefield

Wales

Flintshire

• St David's College Reformatory, Mold

Glamorgan

• Glamorgan Reformatory for Boys, Hawdref Ganol, Neath
• Glamorgan Reformatory / Farm School for Boys, Ty Segur, Neath

Monmouthshire

• Monmouthshire Reformatory for Boys, Ty-Draw Lane, Little Mill, Pontypool

Scotland

Aberdeenshire

• Industrial Asylum and Reformatory for Girls, 10 Mount Street, Aberdeen
• Old Mill Reformatory for Boys, Aberdeen

Angus (Forfarshire)

• Rossie Reformatory for Boys / Rossie School, Montrose

Dumfriesshire

• Dumfries and Maxwelltown Industrial School, Burns Street, Dumfries

Dunbartonshire

• Glasgow House of Refuge for Girls, East Chapelton, Bearsden, New Kilpatrick

Inverness-shire

• Inverness Reformatory School for Boys, 46 Rose Street, Hutcheson Town, Inverness

Lanarkshire

• House of Refuge for Females, 288 Parliamentary Road, Glasgow, Glasgow
• House of Refuge for Boys, 325 Duke Street, Glasgow
• Glasgow House of Refuge for Girls, Lochburn, Maryhill, Glasgow
• Dalbeth Reformatory for Roman Catholic Girls, London Road, Dalbeth, Glasgow
• House of Refuge for Boys Branch House Farm School, Reddrie (or Riddrie) Farm, Cumbernauld Road, Glasgow
• House of Refuge for Girls, Reddrie (or Riddrie) Farm, Cumbernauld Road, Glasgow
• Reformatory for Roman Catholic Boys / Westthorn Approved School, Westthorn Mill, Parkhead, Glasgow

Midlothian

• Dalry Reformatory for Girls, Dalry Road, Edinburgh
• Dean Bank Institution, Dean Bank Lane, Edinburgh
• Boroughmuirhead Reformatory for Girls, Morningside, Edinburgh
• Dalry Reformatory for Girls, Hawthorn Gardens, Loanhead
• Wellington Farm School for Boys / Wellington School, Leadburn, Penicuik

Renfrewshire

• Greenock Poorhouse, Captain Street, Greenock
• Paisley Ragged and Industrial Schools, 79 New Sneddon Steet, Paisley
• Kibble Reformatory for Boys / Kibble School, Greenock Road, Paisley

Wigtownshire

• Stranraer Reformatory School for Boys, Dalrymple Street, Stranraer

Northern Ireland

Co. Antrim

• Sacred Heart Industrial School, Abbeyville, Whiteabbey, Belfast
• Victoria Homes and Shamrock Lodge Industrial School, Ballysillan Road, Ligoniel, Belfast
• Victoria Homes and Shamrock Lodge Industrial School, 'Faunoran', Station Road, Greenisland, Belfast
• Malone Reformatory / Training School for Protestant Boys, Lisburn Road, Belfast
• St Patrick's School for Roman Catholic Boys, Milltown House, 432 Falls Road, Belfast
• Whiteabbey Training School, Old Manse Road, Whiteabbey, Belfast

Co. Armagh

• Middletown Industrial School for Roman Catholic Girls, Middletown

Republic of Ireland

Co. Cork

• St Patrick's Reformatory / Danesfort (or Deanesfort) Industrial School, Upton
• St Patricks' Reformatory School for Boys, Upton

Co. Dublin

• Protestant Reformatory for Girls, 103 Cork Street, Dublin
• Protestant Reformatory for Boys, 3 Rehoboth Place, South Circular Road, Dublin
• High Park Reformatory / An Grianan Training Centre, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin
• St Vincent's Reformatory School for Girls, St Vincent Street, Golden Bridge, Dublin
• St Anne's Reformatory, Whately Place, Kilmacud Road Upper, Kilmacud
• Scoil Ard Mhuire, Oberstown, Lusk

Co. Galway

• St Joseph's Reformatory / Industrial School for Roman Catholic Girls, Society Street, Ballinasloe

Co. Limerick

• St Joseph's Reformatory for Girls, Clare Street, Limerick

Co. Monaghan

• Monaghan Reformatory for Roman Catholic Girls, Spark's Lake, Monaghan

King's County (Co. Offaly)

• St Conleth's Reformatory School, Molesworth Street (now Snugboro), Philipstown (Daingean)

Co. Wicklow

• St Kevins' Reformatory School, Glencree, Enniskerry

Australia

South Australia

• Brooklyn Park Reformatory for Girls, Brooklyn Park, Adelaide
• Magill Orphanage and Industrial Schools / Reformatory for Boys, Magill, Adelaide
• Redruth Reformatory for Girls, Burra
• Kapunda Reformatory for Girls, Kapunda
• Mount Barker Reformatory for Boys, Mount Barker

France

Aube

• Colonie Agricole Pénitentiaire de Garçons, Bar-sur-Aube

Cher

• Colonie Pénitentaire, La Loge
• Colonie Pénitentaire Publique de Garçons, Val d'Yèvre

Côtes-du-Nord

• Colonie Pénitentiaire Privée, Saint-Ilan

Gard

• Colonie Pénitentiaire de Garçons, Luc

Gironde

• Refuge de Nazareth, 239 Rue Saint Genès, Bordeaux
• Maison d'Education Correctionnelle pour Filles, Cadillac
• Colonie Agricole de Sainte-Foy, Sainte-Foy
• Colonie Agricole de Saint Louis, Villenave d'Ornon

Haute-Vienne

• École de Réforme de Saint-Éloi, Chaptelat
• Colonie du Bon Pasteur, 3 Rue des Pénitents Blancs, Limoges

Indre-et-Loire

• Colonie de Mattray, Mettray

Loire

• Colonie Pénitentiaire de Saint-Genest-Lerpt, Saint-Genest-Lerpt

Loire-Inférieure

• Quartier Correctionnel pour Garçons, Nantes

Loir-et-Cher

• Colonie Agricole d'Éducation Pénitentiaire, Saint-Maurice-Lamotte-Beuvron

Lot-et-Garonne

• Colonie Agricole d'Eysse, Eysse

Maine-et-Loire

• Maison du Bon Pasteur, Angers

Morbihan

• Colonie Pénitentiaire Publique de Garçons, Belle-Ile en Mer
• Asile de Sainte-Anne d'Auray, Sainte-Anne d'Auray

Rhône

• Refuge Saint Michel, 61 Rue des Macchabées, Lyon
• Quartier Correctionnel, Lyon

Sarthe

• Refuge dit du Bon Pasteur, Le Mans

Seine

• École de Réforme de la Salpêtrière, 47 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, Paris
• La Couche, Rue Saint Landry, Paris

Seine-et-Oise

• L'École Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, Montesson
• L'École Théophile Roussel, Montesson

Somme

• Quartier Correctionnel pour Filles, Doullens

Belgium

West Flanders

• Girls' Reform School, Reigerlostraat, Beernem
• Agricultural Reform School, Bruggesteenweg, Ruysselede (Rusielede)
• Merchant Navy Training School, Sint Pietersveldstraat, Wynghene (Wingene)

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