Children's Homes and Institutions in Westmorland, 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.
- Westmorland Council Home, 27A Greenbank Road, Ambleside (CC)
- Wanlass Howe, Borrans Road, Waterhead, Ambleside
- St Anne's Home for Girls, Ellerigg Road, Ambleside (CS/WS)
- Windlehurst, Millans Park, Ambleside
- Sunny Bank Orphanage, Red Hills Road, Arnside
- Westmorland Council Brantfield Nursery, 26 Queen's Road, Kendal (CC)
- Kendal Shelter, 1 Springfield Villas, 15 Castle Road, Kendal (MH)
- St Monica's Diocesan Maternity Home, 8 Dalton Drive, Sedbergh Road, Kendal (MH/MB)
- Barrows Green House, Barrows Green, Kendal (DB)
- Sacred Heart Maternity Home, Brettargh Holt, Kendal (MB)
- Howard Orphan Home, Milnthorpe Road, Kendal (CS)
- St Oswald's Home for Girls, Natland, Kendal (WS)
- St Mark's Home for Boys, Natland, Kendal (CS/WS)
- Kendal Shelter, Redmayne House, Douglas Yard, Kendal (MH)
- Epileptic Boys' Home, Starnthwaite, Kendal (AS)
- Starnthwaite Ghyll School, Starnthwaite, Kendal (AS)
- Cumberland/Cumbria Council Home, Morningside, Beetham Road, Milnthorpe (CC)
- Westmorland Council Home, Morningside, Beetham Road, Milnthorpe (CC)
- Kendal Union / Westmorland Council Home, The Abbey Home, Main Street, Staveley* (PL/CC)
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