Children's Homes and Institutions in Cambridgeshire, 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.
- St Agatha's Home, Bartlow
- Cambridge Union/Council Home, 138 Ross Street, Cambridge* (PL/CC)
- Cottage Home, 1 Fitzwilliam Road, Cambridge (DB)
- Shelter for Girls, 13 Hertford Street, Cambridge (MH)
- Shelter for Girls, 14 Downing Street, Cambridge (MH)
- Rock End Preventive and Training Home, 185 Histon Road, Cambridge (CS/DB)
- Cambridge Female Refuge / Home of Mercy, 19 Church (now Christchurch) Street, Cambridge (MH)
- Cottage Homes, 2 Fitzwilliam Road, Cambridge (DB)
- GFS Lodge, 2 Hills Road, Cambridge (CS)
- Church Street Mission, 26 Newmarket Road, Cambridge (MH)
- Ely Diocesan Maternity Home, 48 Bateman Street, Cambridge (MH/MB)
- Shelter for Girls, 6 Glisson Road, Cambridge (MH)
- Ladies' Association Home for Young Servants, 61 King Street, Cambridge (LA/CS)
- GFS Hostel (Ely Diocesan GFS), Furness Lodge, Park Terrace, Cambridge
- Littleton House School, High Street, Girton, Cambridge
- Undergraduates' House of Rescue, Rock End, Histon Road, Cambridge (MH)
- Harvey Goodwin Home for Boys, St Luke's Park, Harvey Goodwin Avenue, Cambridge (WS)
- Training Home, Free Registry Office and Girls' Club, Surrey Cottage, Coronation Street, Cambridge (LA/CS)
- Harvey Goodwin Home for Boys, Victoria Road, Cambridge (CS/WS)
- Cambridge Industrial School, Victoria Road, Cambridge (IS)
- The Cottage Home, Cambridge (WS)
- Chesterton Union Home, 83 Newmarket Road, Chesterton* (PL)
- Isle of Ely Council Reception Home, 36 Cambridge Road, Ely (CC)
- Isle of Ely Council Home, Eastwood House, March, Ely (CC)
- Isle of Ely Council Home, Wilburton Manor Wilburton, Ely (CC)
- Isle of Ely Council The Chantry Children's Home, Ely (CC)
- Ely Diocesan Refuge, The Haven, Ely (MH/CS)
- Cambridgeshire Council Red House, 25 Newton Road, Little Shelford (CC)
- Cambridgeshire Council Children's Home, 5 Queen Street Close, March (CC)
- Cambridgeshire Council Midfield Reception Centre, Cambridge Road, Oakington (CC)
- Pampisford Hall, Pampisford (DB)
- Cambridgeshire Council The Grange, 20 Market Street, Swavesey (CC)
- Cambridgeshire Council Children's Home, 204 Norwich Road, Wisbech (CC)
- Isle of Ely Council The Orchards Children's Home / Orchard Hostel, 97 Money Bank Road, Wisbech (CC)
- Training Home and Servants' Free Lodging, 74 Walsoken Road, Wisbech (LA)
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