Children's Homes and Institutions in Devon, 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.
- Rose Cottage Home for Girls, Umberleigh RSO, Atherington (WS)
- Barnstaple Union Cottage Home / Luscombe House, 19A Alexandra Road, Barnstaple* (PL/CC)
- Barnstaple Shelter, 107 Newport Road, Barnstaple (MH)
- Barnstaple Shelter, 28 Carrington Terrace, Yeo Vale, Barnstaple (MH/MB)
- Residential Nursery, Bideford (CC)
- Devon House of Mercy, Coombe Lane, Bovey Tracy (MH)
- Salvation Army Maternity Home, Dunmore House, West End Road, Bradninch (SA/MB)
- Devon Council Home, St Anne's, Pixie Lane, Braunton (CC)
- Devon Council Westmead Nursery, Braunton (CC)
- British Seamen's Orphan Boys' Home, 2 Berry Head Road, Brixham
- Devon County Remand Home for Boys, Fullaford House, Wallaford Road, Buckfastleigh (CC)
- Ruffold House, Coly Road, Colyton (WS)
- Devon Council Home, High House, 17 East Cliff Road, Dawlish (CC)
- The Crèche, Industrial School and Girls' Training Home, Dawlish
- Exeter Diocesan GFS Home of Rest, Strand Hill, Dawlish
- Luscombe Castle, Dawlish (DB)
- Plymouth Council Home, Astor Hall, Devonport (BC)
- Stoke Damerel (Devonport) Union / Plymouth Council Receiving Home, Stoke House, Ford Hill, Devonport* (PL/BC)
- Stoke Damerel (Devonport) Union Scattered Home, 15-16 Cotehele Villas, Stoke, Devonport* (PL)
- Alexandra Children's Home, 5 St Michael's Terrace, Stoke, Devonport
- Royal British Female Orphan Asylum, Albert Road, Devonport
- Royal United Services Orphan Home, Albert Road, Devonport
- Devonport and Western Counties Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the Blind, Fore Street, Devonport (CS)
- Devonport and Western Counties Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the Blind, St Aubyn Street, Devonport (CS)
- British Female Orphan Asylum, St Michael's Terrace, Stoke, Devonport
- Lady Clinton's Industrial Home, Merton, Dolton (CS)
- Devon Council Community Home, Brookhayes, Pilton Road, Exeter (CC)
- Exeter Council Boys' Home, 15-17 Rifford Road, Exeter (BC)
- Exeter Council Reception Home, 2 Lower Summerlands, Heavitree Road, Exeter (BC)
- Exeter Council Home, 34-36 Elizabeth Avenue, Stoke Hill, Exeter (BC)
- Exeter Union/Council Receiving Home, 79 Heavitree Road, Exeter* (PL/BC)
- Exeter Council Girls' Home, 87 Magdalen Road, Exeter (BC)
- Exeter Council Reception Home, Baring Beech, 157 Magdalen Road, Exeter (BC)
- Exeter Council Residential Nursery, Barnburgh, Beech Avenue, Pennsylvania, Exeter (BC)
- Exeter Free Church House, 1 Friars' Walk, Exeter (PHm)
- Ladies' Association Training Home for Friendless Girls, 1 Higher Belmont Road, Exeter (LA/CS)
- Home for Orphan Girls, 13-14 Clifton Hill, Exeter (DB)
- House of Rest, 14 (later 11) Friars Walk, Exeter (LA/MH)
- 14 Marlborough Road, Exeter (MB)
- St Wilfrid's Orphanage, 19 (later 25)St David's Hill, Exeter
- St Nicholas' House, 20 Alphington Road, Exeter (MB)
- Ladies' Association Training Home for Friendless Girls, 20 Holloway Street, Exeter (LA/CS)
- St Mary's Home, 25 St Mary Arches Street, Exeter (MH)
- St Elizabeth's Home, 26 Bartholomew Street West, The Mint, Exeter (MH)
- Home for Orphan Girls, 3 Bradninch Place, Exeter (DB)
- St Edith's Home for Girls, 3 Pennsylvania Crescent, Exeter (WS)
- St Olave's Home for Girls, 32 Bartholomew Street East, Exeter (CS/WS)
- St Olave's Ladies' Association Home, 32 Bartholomew Street East, Exeter (LA/MH/MB)
- Diocesan GFS Lodge, 32 East Southernhay, Exeter
- St Olave's Ladies' Association Home (The Shelter), 33 Bartholomew Street East, Exeter (LA/MH/MB)
- Girls' Industrial School and Servants' Home, 42 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter
- Home for Fallen Women, 44 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter (MH)
- GFS Lodge, 44 Magdalen Street, Exeter (CS)
- St Lawrence's Home for Girls, 49 Polsloe Road, Exeter (CS/WS)
- Rescue Home, 8 Melbourne Place, Exeter (MH)
- Devon and Exeter Reformatory and Refuge for Girls, 80 Polsloe Road, Exeter (Rfy/AS)
- The Quarries, Barley Lane, Dunsford Hill, Exeter (DB)
- Devon and Exeter Reformatory Farm School for Boys / Northbrook School, Beacon Lane, Whipton, Exeter (Rfy/AS)
- Devon and Exeter Reformatory Farm School for Boys, Brampford Wood, Exeter (Rfy)
- St Thomas Union Home, Chase Villa, 49-51 Church Road, Exeter* (PL)
- The Nestling Home, Dunraven, 20 Alphington Road, Exeter (CS)
- Devon and Exeter Boys' Industrial School, Exe Island, Exeter (IS)
- Farringdon House School, Farringdon, Exeter (AS)
- Home for Orphan Girls, Feltrim, Topsham Road, Exeter (DB)
- Devon and Exeter Home of the Holy Innocents, Franklyn Street,St Thomas, Exeter (MH)
- Devon and Exeter Female Penitentiary / Home of Refuge / Home of the Good Shepherd, Holloway Street, Exeter (MH)
- Bickham, Kennford, Exeter (DB)
- Industrial and Orphan Home for Girls, Magdalen Street, Exeter
- Coaver, Matford Lane, Exeter (DB)
- Exeter Ladies' Association Training Home, Melbourne House, Friars' Walk, Exeter (LA/CS/PHs)
- Exeter Borstal, New North Road, Exeter (BI)
- Wee Canes, Pennsylvania, Exeter
- West of England Institution for the Blind, St David's Hill, Exeter (CS)
- Western Counties Idiot Asylum / Training School for Feeble-minded Children, Star Cross, Exeter (CS)
- St Martha's Orphanage and Nursery, Summerland Crescent, Exeter
- Royal West of England Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Topsham Road, Exeter (CS)
- Blue School /St John's Hospital, Exeter
- Devon and Exeter Boys' Industrial School, Church Stile House, Exminster (IS/AS)
- 2 Hartopp Road, Exmouth
- Northbrook House Approved School, Farringdon (AS)
- Tavistock Union Scattered Homes, Gunnislake* (PL)
- School for Training Poor Girls, Kenton (CS)
- Ever Open Door, The Knowle, 137 Fore Street, Kingsbridge (DB)
- Tresillian Nursery, Kingsbridge (CC)
- North Devon Convalescent Children's Home, Clooneavin, Lynton
- Barbrook Mill Orphanage for Girls, Lynton (CS)
- Newton Abbot Union Receiving Home / Devon Council Home, Meadowside, 41 Highweek Road, Newton Abbot* (PL/CC)
- Sunnyside, 2 Decoy Road, Newton Abbot (DB)
- Newton Abbot Union Scattered Home (Girls), 25-27 Prospect Road, Newton Abbot* (PL)
- Newton Abbot Union Scattered Home (Boys), 64 St Leonard's Terrace, Newton Abbot* (PL)
- Newton Abbot Union Scattered Home (Girls), 75 Wolborough Street, Newton Abbot* (PL)
- Newton Abbot Union Scattered Home (Boys), Bradley View, 4 Totnes Road, Newton Abbot* (PL)
- Newton Abbot Union Scattered Home (Girls), Brookhill, 29 Highweek Street, Newton Abbot* (PL)
- Forde Park School for Boys, College Road, Newton Abbot (AS)
- Miss Sharman's Orphans' Home, Coombe Denys, Newton Abbot
- Newton Abbot Union Scattered Home (Boys), Greenaway Villa, 28-30 Highweek Road, Newton Abbot* (PL)
- St Michael's Home for Boys, Highweek, Newton Abbot (CS/WS)
- Farringdon House School, Sandford Orleigh, Newton Abbot (AS)
- Devon Council Fairlea Nursery, Chope Road, Northam (CC)
- Devon Council Broadhaven Home, 5 Broadsands Road, Paignton (CC)
- Torbay Council Broadhaven Home, 5 Broadsands Road, Paignton (BC)
- Barton Pines, Paignton (WS)
- Totnes Institution for Orphan Girls, Paignton (CS)
- Devon Council Reception Home, Pilton Lane, Pinhoe (CC)
- PlymptonSt Mary Union Cottage Homes, 12-13 Beaumont Terrace, Crownhill, Plymouth* (PL/CC)
- Plymouth Council Home, 101 Lancaster Gardens, Whitleigh, Plymouth (BC)
- Plymouth Union/Council Receiving Home, 13 Hill Park Crescent, Plymouth* (PL/BC)
- Plymouth Union/Council Scattered Home, 2 Gifford Terrace, Plymouth* (PL/BC)
- Plymouth Union/Council Scattered Home, 20 Channel View Terrace, Plymouth* (PL/BC)
- Plymouth Council Home, 31 Springhill Green, Pennycross, Plymouth (BC)
- Plymouth Union/Council Scattered Home, 36 Hill Park Crescent, Plymouth* (PL/BC)
- Plymouth Council Home, 41 Ringmore Way, HigherSt Budeaux, Plymouth (BC)
- Plymouth Union/Council Scattered Home, 5 Saltram Villas, Laira, Plymouth* (PL/BC)
- Plymouth Council Reception Nursery, 52 Budshead Road, Ernesettle, Plymouth (BC)
- Plymouth Union/Council Scattered Home, 80 Mount Gold Road, Plymouth* (PL/BC)
- Plymouth Council Boys' Home and Hostel, Chaucer House, 83 Chaucer Way, Manadon, Plymouth (BC)
- The Plymouth Truant Industrial School for Boys, Laira House, Embankment Road, Plymouth (IS/BC)
- Plymouth Council Parkview Residential Nursery, Mutley Park, Plymouth (BC)
- Plymouth Council Residential Nursery, Queen's Gate, Lipson, Plymouth (BC)
- Plymouth Council Parklands Remand Home, Thorn Park, Mannamed, Plymouth (BC)
- Plymouth Council Parklands Reception Centre, Thorn Park, Mannamed, Plymouth (BC)
- GFS Lodge, 1 Hill Park Villas, North Hill, Plymouth
- The Refuge, 1 Market Square, Stonehouse, Plymouth (MH)
- Hospital of Orphans' Aid, 10 Regent Street, Plymouth
- Salvation Army Laundry Home, 100 King Street, Plymouth (SA/MH)
- 10-12 Sutherland Road, Mutley, Plymouth (DB)
- Plymouth Girls' Industrial Home, 1-2 Marina Place, Mutley, Plymouth (IS)
- 12-13 Gordon Terrace, Mutley, Plymouth (DB)
- Ever Open Door, 13 Buckland Terrace, Plymouth (DB)
- East Stonehouse Union Home, 13 Clarence Place, Plymouth* (PL)
- Tamar House, 13 Springhill Green, Pennycross, Plymouth (DB)
- Plymouth Girls' Industrial Home, 13-14 Portland Villas, Plymouth (IS)
- House of Mercy / Peace, 157 North Road, Plymouth (MH)
- St Margaret's Preventive and Rescue Home, 17 Portland Villas, Plymouth (MH)
- Plymouth Union Scattered Home, 19 Egerton Road, Plymouth* (PL)
- Ever Open Door, 2 North Devon Place, Plymouth (DB)
- The Threefold Cord / Refuge for Fallen Women, 2 Octagon Street, Plymouth (MH)
- Salvation Army Rescue Home, 2 The Octagon, Plymouth (SA/MH)
- St Theresa's (orSt Teresa's) Roman Catholic School, 20-22 Gasking Street, Plymouth (CS)
- The Refuge, 3 Gascoigne Place, Plymouth (LA/MH)
- Plymouth Union Scattered Home, 55 & 168 Alexandra Road, Plymouth* (PL)
- Plymouth Union Scattered Home, 6 Ashord Road, Mutley, Plymouth* (PL)
- Alexandra House, 6 Berthon Road,St Budeaux, Plymouth
- Salvation Army Rescue Home, 72 Mutley Plain, Plymouth (SA/MH)
- St Margaret's Home, 8 Octagon Street, Plymouth (MH)
- Mayflower Maternity Home, Abbotsfield, Seymour Road, Mannamead, Plymouth (SA/MH/MB)
- Hospital of Orphans' Aid, Catherine Street, Plymouth
- Salvation Army Rescue Home, Cleeve Villa, Ford Park Lane, Mutley, Plymouth (SA/MH)
- Plymouth, South Devon and Cornwall Institution for the Blind, Coburg Street, Plymouth (CS)
- St Theresa's (orSt Teresa's) Roman Catholic School for Boys, Gasking Street, Plymouth (CS)
- Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse Female Penitentiary, Hampton House, Ebrington Street, Plymouth (MH)
- Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse Female Penitentiary, Hampton House, Ham Street, Plymouth (MH)
- Devon and Cornwall Female Orphan Asylum, Lockyer Street, Plymouth
- Plymouth, South Devon and Cornwall Institution for the Blind, North Hill, Plymouth (CS)
- Welby, Pridham Lane, Tavistock (now Outland) Road, Peverell, Plymouth (DB)
- Plymouth Union Scattered Home, Priory House, Priory Lawn Terrace, Lower Compton, Plymouth* (PL)
- Woodside Mother and Baby Home, South View, 2 Woodside, Plymouth (MB)
- Plymouth Union Scattered Home, Southern Villa, Park Road, Compton, Plymouth* (PL)
- St Ursula's Maternity Refuge, St Ursula's House, Edith Avenue, Plymouth (MH/MB)
- Friendless Girls' Help Association Home, Staddon House, 26 Portland Square, Plymouth (LA/CS)
- Friendless Girls' Help Association Home, Staddon House, Regent Street, Plymouth (LA/CS)
- St Gregory's Home For Babies, Tavistock Road, Peverell, Plymouth (WS)
- Devonport and Western Counties Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the Blind, Torr Home, The Drive, Hartley, Plymouth
- Salvation Army Home, Weston Lodge, Mannamead, Plymouth (SA/MH)
- Nazareth House, Winter Villa, Durnford Street, Stonehouse, Plymouth (CS)
- St Boniface's Home for Boys, Lower Town, Sampford Peverell (CS/WS)
- Ryalls Court, Marlpit Lane, Seaton (AS/NCH)
- Tiverton Union Home, Shillingford* (PL)
- South Molton Union Home, 41 East Street, South Molton* (PL/CC)
- Devon Council Chase Villa, 51 Church Road, St Thomas (CC)
- Tavistock Union Scattered Home, 33 West Street, Tavistock* (PL/CC)
- Cottage Home, Mary Tavy, Tavistock (MH)
- Residential Nursery, Tavistock (CC)
- Harmony Children's Home, Hillaway Houses for Children, 8 Den Crescent, Teignmouth
- Devon Council Community Home, St Leonard's, Brewin Road, Tiverton (CC)
- Mrs Unwin's Home, Hayne, Tiverton
- Devon Council Villa Languard Reception Home, Middle Warberry Road, Torquay (CC)
- Torbay Council South Parks, South Parks Road, Torquay (BC)
- St Nicholas' Home for Girls, 1 Wellswood Park Road, Wellswood, Torquay (WS)
- Torquay Church Refuge, 12 Bexley Terrace, Torrre, Torquay (MH)
- Church Refuge Home, 2 Beaufort Cottages, Avenue Road, Torre, Torquay (MH)
- Industrial and Orphan Home for Girls, 2-3 Warborough Mount, Warberry Road, Babbacombe, Torquay (CS)
- Torquay Church Refuge /St Anne's Girls' home, 3 Bampfylde Road, Torquay (MH)
- Torquay Door of Hope, 3 Lymington Terrace, Upton Road, Torquay (MH)
- St Faith's Home for Girls, 426 Babbacombe Road, Wellswood, Torquay (CS/WS)
- Royal United Services Orphan Home / Alexandra Home, Army and Navy Villas, Narrowcliff, Torquay
- The Orphan Boys' Home, Cotswold, Warren Road, Torquay (CS)
- St Andrew's Home, Falkland Park, Torquay
- Industrial Orphanage for Girls / Erskine Home for Orphan Girls, Portland View, The Downs, Babbacombe, Torquay (CS)
- St Faith's Home for Girls, St Marychurch Road, Torquay (CS/WS)
- Torquay Door of Hope, St Marychurch Road, Torquay (MH/MB)
- Our Lady Help of Christians, Priory Road, St Marychurch, Torquay
- Girls' Aid Home, St Marychurch Road, Torquay (CS)
- St Vincent's Orphanage for Boys / Children's Home, St Vincent's Road, Torre, Torquay (CS)
- Free Registry Office and Preventive Home, Torquay (LA)
- Tiverton Union Home / Ayshford Home, Uffculme* (PL/CC)
- Devon Council Institution, Stoke Lyne, Withycombe (CC)
- St Vincent's Orphanage, Dousland Road, Yelverton
- Nazareth House, Dousland Road, Yelverton
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