Children's Homes and Institutions in Worcestershire, 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.
- Birmingham Laundry and Homes of Industry, Home No.1 1, Arrowfield Top, Alvechurch (MH)
- Belbroughton Home for Girls, 19 Church Hill, Belbroughton (WS)
- Dudley Union Cottage Home, Ashleigh, 106 Hurst Hill, Bilston* (PL)
- Dudley Union Cottage Home, Woodcross House, Woodcross Street, Cinder Hill, Bilston* (PL)
- Bretforton Hall, Main Street, Bretforton (DB)
- Dudley Council Recption Home / Remand Home, Saltwells House, Pedmore Road, Brierley Hill (BC)
- Birmingham Council Home, Uplands, Greenhill, Blackwell, Bromsgrove (BC)
- Worcestershire Council The Grove, 150 Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove (CC)
- Worcestershire Council The Birches Hostel for Girls, 98 New Road, Bromsgrove (CC)
- Worcestershire Council Rigby Hall Nursery, Rigby Lane, Bromsgrove (CC)
- Bromsgrove Union / Worcestershire Council Cottage Home, The Grove, 150 Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove* (PL/CC)
- Buckenhill Farm Home, Bromyard (DB)
- Birmingham Council Residential Nursery, Field House, Clent (BC)
- Birmingham Council Remand Home for Girls, Field House, Clent (BC)
- Sunfield Children's Home, Clent Grove, Clent
- All Saints' / Holy Cross Home for Girls, Summerfield Road, Holy Cross, Clent (WS)
- Warley Council Home, 29 The Terrace, Cradley Heath (BC)
- Besford Court School for Roman Catholic Mentally Defective Boys, Besford, Defford (IS/AS)
- Besford Court Home and Farm Colony, Besford, Defford (IS)
- Birmingham Council Residential Nursery, Oaklands, Droitwich (BC)
- Edward Paul Amphlett Memorial Home for Boys, 114 Worcester Road, Droitwich Spa (WS)
- Dudley Council Home, 3 Maitland Road, Russell's Hall Estate, Dudley (BC)
- Dudley Union / Staffordshire Council Cottage Home, 'Dibdale', Dibdale Road, Dudley* (PL/BC)
- Dudley Council Rydal, 14 St James' Road, Dudley (BC)
- Dudley Council Newlands, 15 St James' Road, Dudley (BC)
- St Agnes' Hostel, 36 Stourbridge Road, Dudley (MH)
- St Catherine's Training Home, 6 The Inhedge, Kate's Hill, Dudley (CS)
- St Agnes' Home, 6 The Inhedge, Kate's Hill, Dudley (MH)
- St Agnes' Home, 9 Victoria Terrace, Dudley (MH)
- Dudley Union Central Home, Longnor House, 93 Queen's Cross, Dudley* (PL)
- Worcestershire Council Community Home, 1-3 Peewit Road, Evesham (CC)
- Kidderminster Union Home, Sunnyside, 8 Wolverley Road, Franche* (PL)
- Evesham Union / Worcestershire Council Cottage Homes, Peewit Lane/Road, Great Hampton* (PL/CC)
- Birmingham Council Home, South Acre, 6 Victoria Avenue, Halesowen (BC)
- St Gilbert's School for Boys, Waresley House, Hartlebury (AS)
- The Lawns, Worcester Road, Kempsey (DB)
- Worcestershire Council Home, Pelham Lodge, 145 Chester Road South, Kidderminster (CC)
- Kidderminster Shelter, 208 Hurcott Road, Kidderminster (MH)
- Spennell's, Comberton Road, Lower Comberton, Kidderminster (DB)
- Kidderminster Maternity Home, Greenhill Hostel, Chester Road, Kidderminster (MH/MB)
- Worcestershire Council Home, Shepherd House, Hanley Swan, Malvern (CC)
- Worcestershire Council Welland Remand Home, The Old Vicarage, Welland, Malvern (CC)
- St Faith's Home, 165 Worcester Road, Malvern (MH)
- Barsham House, 33 Graham Road, Malvern (MB)
- Home Of The Good Shepherd for Boys, Hanley Swan / Hanley Castle, Malvern (CS/WS)
- Home for the Training and Education of Orphan and Destitute Girls /St Agnes' Home, Madresfield, Malvern (CS)
- St Faith's Home, Alexandra Road, Malvern Link (MH)
- St Catherine's House, Merick Road, Malvern Link (MB)
- Home Of The Good Shepherd for Girls, Ranelagh Road, Malvern Link (MH)
- St Catherine's House, Ranelagh Road, Malvern Link (MB)
- St Monica's Home, Malvern Link (MH/MB)
- GFS Home of Rest, 5-7 Hanley Terrace, Wells Road, Malvern Wells
- St Peter's Home, Cowleigh Road, Malvern Link (WS)
- Worcestershire Council Community Home, 11A Mill Lane, Pershore (CC)
- Worcestershire Council Cottage Homes, 48 Station Road, Pershore (CC)
- Worcestershire Council Home, Heathlands Cottage, 1A Mill Lane, Pershore (CC)
- Worcestershire Council Community Home, 45 Downsell Road, Redditch (CC)
- Hewell Grange Borstal, Hewell Lane, Tardebigge, Redditch (BI)
- Nazareth House, Lickey Road, Rednal
- SevernStokeCroome, Croome Court, Severn Stoke
- Kings Norton Union / Birmingham Council Cottage Homes, Woodcock Lane, Shenley Fields* (PL/BC)
- Worcestershire Council Field View Hostel for Boys, Brickhouse Lane, Stoke Prior (CC)
- Stoke Farm Reformatory for Boys, Shaw Lane, Stoke Prior (Rfy)
- Birmingham Council Residential Nursery, Wychbury House, 350/364 Hagley Road, Stourbridge (BC)
- Dudley Council Reception Home, Fairhaven, Stream Road, Wordsley, Stourbridge (BC)
- Dudley Council Home, Lobley Hill, High Street, Wordsley, Stourbridge (BC)
- Staffordshire Council Home, Fairhaven, Stream Road, Wordsley, Stourbridge (CC)
- Worcestershire Council West Hill / Margaret Westwood Nursery, 107 Hagley Road, Stourbridge (CC)
- Stourbridge Union / Worcestershire Council Cottage Homes, The Mere, Norton Road, Norton, Stourbridge* (PL/CC)
- GFS Home of Rest, Whittington, Stourbridge
- Worcestershire Council Community Home, Daylesford, Stourport-on-Severn (CC)
- White House Home for Girls, Witley Road, Great Witley, Stourport-on-Severn (WS)
- Priory Farm, Birmingham Road, Studley
- Abbeyfields School, Birmingham Road, Studley
- Worcestershire Council Cottage Homes, Upton-on-Severn (CC)
- St Catherine's, St Edward's House, West Malvern (MB)
- St Edward's Orphanage, West Malvern Road, West Malvern (CS)
- Worcester Council Home, 21 Don Road, Tolladine, Worcester (BC)
- Worcester Council Home, 3 Rea Way, Dines Green, Worcester (BC)
- Worcester Council Home, 4 Shap Drive, Warndon, Worcester (BC)
- Worcester Council Home, 52 Victoria Street, Worcester (BC)
- Worcester Council The Pines, Bilford Road, Worcester (BC)
- Worcester Union/Council Cottage Homes, Perryfields, Midlland Road / Wyld's Lane, Worcester* (PL/BC)
- Worcester Council Home, The Firs, Whittington, Worcester (BC)
- Worcestershire Council Home, Lower Wick House, Malvern Road, Worcester (CC)
- House of Refuge, 1 Melrose Cottages, Sansome Walk, Worcester (MH)
- Royal Albert Orphanage, 28 Bromyard Road, Worcester
- Worcester Shelter, 58 Woolhope Road, Worcester (MH)
- St Lawrence's Home for Girls, Bath Road, Worcester (CS/WS)
- Woodbury Hill Reformatory for Boys, Camp Lane, Shelsley Beauchamp, Worcester (Rfy)
- Worcester Diocesan House of Shelter, Field House, Wyld's Lane, Worcester (MH/PHs)
- Royal Albert Orphanage, Fort Royal House, Fort Royal Hill, Worcester
- Hallow Park, Hallow, Worcester (DB)
- Royal Albert Orphanage, Henwick Road, Worcester
- St Alban's Home and Orphanage for Girls, Severn Street, Diglis, Worcester (CS)
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