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Buckinghamshire County Council Homes

Children's establishments run at some time in their history by Buckinghamshire County Council.


 
  • 1A Churchill Avenue, Aylesbury
  • 23 Walton Road, Aylesbury
  • 65 Priory Crescent, Aylesbury
  • The Orchard, 25Walton Road, Aylesbury
  • Northgate, 64 Station Road, Beaconsfield
  • Aylesbury House, Bledlow
  • Wycombe Union School / Buckinghamshire Council Home, Bledlow Ridge Road, Bledlow*
  • Jasmine House, Bledlow
  • South Wing, Bledlow
  • Greenfields, 18ASt George's Road, Bletchley
  • 5 Surrey Road, Counties Estate, Bletchley
  • Chiltern View, Nalders Road, Chesham
  • Crosfield House, Packhorse Road, Gerrards Cross
  • Stow Lodge, Oval Way, Gerrards Cross
  • 292 Micklefield Road, High Wycombe
  • Aylesbury Union / Buckinghamshire Council Scattered Home, The Mount, Marsh Road, Little Kimble*
  • Merton House, 19 Culverton Hill, Princes Risborough
  • Saunderton Hostel, Saunderton
  • Elmside Hostel, 1 Upton Road, Slough
  • Brookside Nursery, 103 Bath Road, Slough
  • Bilby House, 55 Langley Road, Slough
  • Brondeg, 320 Stoke Poges Lane, Slough
  • Manor Lodge, 2A Mildenhall Road, Slough

* indicates link to pages on www.workhouses.org.uk.

Records

The involvement of local authorities in the running of children's homes dates from 1930, when they took over the running of the poor relief system previously administered by Boards of Guardians. Surviving records for council-run children's homes may be held in each council's own internal archives. Prior to 1991, however, when a legal requirement was introduced for councils to retain records of children leaving their care, the survival of such records is very variable. Contact details for local authorities in the UK can be found on the website of the Care Leavers Association (CLA). The CLA also provides guidance on accessing childhood care files, which are normally only open to the individuals they relate to.

Locating local authority records has been complicated by the various local government reorganizations that have taken place in recent times, such as the abolition of the London County Council in 1965, and the major nationwide restructuring in 1974 in which many administrative areas were created, amended or eliminated.

Older records may sometimes be placed with the relevant county or borough record office. Many of these repositories have online catalogues of their holdings and also contribute to the National Archives' Discovery database. Note that records containing personal data usually have access closed for a period of fifty years or more.

Older material relating to Buckinghamshire Council homes may exist at:

Some records relating to council-run homes, for example inspection reports (though not resident lists etc.), are held by The National Archives (TNA). A closure period may apply to these records.

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