Children's Homes and Institutions in Wiltshire, 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.
- Cotswold School / The Cotswold Community, Spine Road West, Ashton Keynes (AS/CC)
- Wiltshire Council Home, Kingsmoor, The Ley, Box (CC)
- Sunnyside Nursery, Middle Hill, Box (WS)
- Sutcliffe School, Winsley House, Winsley, Bradford-upon-Avon
- Wiltshire Council Home, Merewether, Warren Crescent, Bryon's Close Estate, Calne (CC)
- Greenacres, Curzon Street, Calne (AS)
- Orphan Boys' Home, The Green, Calne
- Charlton Cottage Home, Charlton Road, Charlton (CS)
- Wiltshire Council Derriads Nursery, Derriads Lane, Chippenham (CC)
- Cottage Home for Epileptic Girls, KingtonSt Michael, Chippenham
- Seagry Manor Home for Babies, Chippenham (WS)
- Chippenham Union Cottage Homes, Velley Hill, Gastard, Corsham* (PL)
- Wiltshire Council Canon's House, Bellevue Road, Devizes (CC)
- Wiltshire Council Family Group Home, Summerdale, 44 Broadleas Road, Devizes (CC)
- Girls' Hostel, Bath Road, Devizes (MB)
- Erlestoke House, Erlestoke, Devizes (DC)
- School for the Training of Friendless Girls for Domestic Service, Hadleigh Cottage, Devizes (CS)
- School for Poor Children /St Bartholomew's Home for the Education and Training of Poor Girls, Old Park, Devizes (CS)
- Wiltshire Council Home, Porcombe House, Downton (CC)
- Wiltshire Council Starfield Reception Centre, Station Road, Holt (CC)
- St Michael's Home for Motherless Girls, Shalbourne, Hungerford (CS)
- Limpley Stoke Girls' Reformatory, Lower Stoke, Limpley Stoke (Rfy)
- Wiltshire Council Home, Lea Court, Malmesbury (CC)
- Stainsbridge (or Stanesbridge) House, Gloucester Road, Malmesbury (NCH)
- Wiltshire Council Home, 28ASt Margaret's Mead, Marlborough (CC)
- Wiltshire Council Vaisey's Children's Home, Axford, Marlborough (CC)
- Home For Friendless Girls, Forest Hill, Marlborough
- Wiltshire Council Sampford Place (Boys), 27 Shurnhold, Melksham (CC)
- Trowbridge & Melksham Union / Wiltshire Council Home (Girls), Honeywell House, 39 King Street, Melksham* (PL/CC)
- The Grange, 8 Canon Square, Melksham
- St Swithin's Home for Girls, Church Walk, Melksham (CS)
- Castle House (Mixed), Salisbury Road, Mere (CC)
- Free Church Maternity and Training Home, The Retreat, Salisbury Street, Mere (MH/MB)
- Cricklade & Wootton Bassett Union / Wiltshire Council Home, Red Gables, 7 Restrop Road, Purton* (PL/CC)
- Wiltshire Council Home, Cleeve House, Rodbourne (CC)
- Wiltshire Council Home for Girls, 24 St Edmund's Church Street, Salisbury (CC)
- Wiltshire Council Springfield, 25-27 Bishopdown Road, Salisbury (CC)
- Wiltshire Council Home for Boys, Bedwin Street, Salisbury (CC)
- Wiltshire Council Paccombe House, Downton, Salisbury (CC)
- Wiltshire Council The Laburnums (Boys), Springfield, Great Bedwyn Street, Salisbury (CC)
- Wiltshire Council Orchard House (Boys), Stratford Sub Castle, Salisbury (CC)
- St Elizabeth's Industrial School for Roman Catholic Girls, 131 Exeter Street, Salisbury (IS/CS)
- Diocesan Refuge, 16 Rolleston Street, Salisbury (MH)
- St Michael's Home, 28-29 Churchfields, Salisbury (AS)
- House Of Industry, 46 St Ann Street, Salisbury
- Beckingsale Training Home, 84 St Ann Street, Salisbury
- Beckingsale House, 84 St Ann Street, Salisbury (MB)
- Servants' Training Institution, 91 Crane Street, Salisbury
- GFS Lodge, Audley House, Crane Street, Salisbury
- Preventive Cottage Home and Shelter, Bedwin Street, Salisbury (LA)
- Beatrix Nursery, Clouds House, East Knoyle, Salisbury (WS)
- Meyrick Close, Coombe Road, Salisbury
- Diocesan Refuge, Hope House, 56 Mill Road, Salisbury (MH/MB)
- Beatrix Nursery, Knoyle House, East Knoyle, Salisbury (WS)
- St Bartholomew's Home for Boys, Quidham Street, Bowerchalke, Salisbury (WS)
- Diocesan Refuge, St Helen's, Wyndham Road, Salisbury (MH)
- Diocesan House of Mercy, St Mary's Home,St Martin's Church Street, Salisbury (MH)
- Salisbury Home for Training Girls, St Michael's Home, Endless Street, Salisbury (LA/CS)
- Shelter and Training Home for Friendless Girls, St Michael's, Endless Street, Salisbury (LA/MH)
- Knoyle Home for Girls, The Green, East Knoyle, Salisbury (WS)
- St Michael's Home, Shalbourne
- Wiltshire Council Stantone, Malmesbury Road, Lower Stanton, St Quinton (CC)
- Swindon & Highworth Union / Wiltshire Council Scattered Home, 2 The Villas, Swindon Road, Stratton* (PL/CC)
- Swindon & Highworth Union / Wiltshire Council Scattered Home (Boys), The Limes, 21 Green Road, Stratton* (PL/CC)
- Wiltshire Council Rehabilitation Hostel, The Close, StrattonSt Margaret (CC)
- Wiltshire Council Home for Older Boys, The Limes, StrattonSt Margaret (CC)
- Swindon & Highworth Union / Wiltshire Council Scattered Home (Girls), Olive House, 11 Prospect Place, Swindon* (PL/CC)
- Swindon and North Wilts Shelter, 41 Belle Vue, Swindon (MH)
- Swindon Shelter, 89 Clifton Street, Swindon (MH)
- Wiltshire Council Home, Ashlea, 53 Rutland Crescent, Trowbridge (CC)
- Wiltshire Council Home, Ethandune, Hilperton Road, Trowbridge (CC)
- Trowbridge & Melksham Union / Wiltshire Council Home, Fern Cottage, 98 Ashton Street, Trowbridge* (PL/CC)
- St Swithin's Home for Friendless Girls, Hilperton, Trowbridge (CS)
- Margaret Caillard Memorial Home for Boys, Wingfield House, Wingfield, Trowbridge (WS)
- Wiltshire Council Home, Bradley Road, Warminster (CC)
- Wiltshire Council Home, Hillside, 117 Boreham Road, Warminster (CC)
- Orphanage of Pity for Girls, 12 West Street, Warminster
- Orphanage of Pity for Boys, 6-8 West Street, Warminster
- Orphanage of Pity, Church Street, Warminster
- Orphanage of Pity for Boys, Silver Street, Warminster
- Wiltshire Farm School for Boys, Tascroft, Folly Lane, Warminster (Rfy)
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