Children's Homes and Institutions in Hertfordshire, 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.
- Delrow House Approved School, Hilfield Lane, Patchetts Green, Aldenham (AS)
- Barnet Council Hostel for Girls, 68A Meadow Close, Dollis Valley, Barnet, Hertfordshire (LC)
- Barnet Union Scattered Home, Guyscliffe, 27 High Street, Barnet* (PL/CC)
- Islington Council Home, Dixton, Hadley Common, Barnet, Hertfordshire (LC)
- St Joseph's House, Brunswick Hill, Wood Street, Barnet
- Foundling Hospital, Monken Hadley, Barnet
- St Andrew's School, Barnet
- Haringey Council Bengeo House Residential Nursery, 162 Bengeo Street, Bengeo, Hertfordshire (LC)
- Middlesex Council Bengeo House Residential Nursery, 162 Bengeo Street, Bengeo (CC)
- The Shelter, Bengeo (MH)
- Crossroads Club, Ashlyns Hall, Berkhamsted (MB)
- Foundling Hospital School, Woodlands Avenue, Berkhamsted
- Kitsbury Cottage Home for Girls, Berkhamsted
- Bishop's Stortford Shelter, 41 Dane Street, Bishop's Stortford (MH)
- Bishop's Stortford Shelter, 63 Stanstead Road, Bishop's Stortford (MH)
- Camden Council Home, 115 Furzehill Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire (LC)
- Camden Council Home, 141 Furzehill Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire (LC)
- Camden Council Home, 167 Furzehill Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire (LC)
- Camden Council Home, 2 Gravely Avenue, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire (LC)
- Camden Council Home, 2/4 Burghley Avenue, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire (LC)
- Camden Council Home, 8 Arundel Drive, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire (LC)
- Camden Council Home, 8 Burghley Avenue, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire (LC)
- St Francis' Special School for Roman Catholic Mentally Defective Boys, London Road, Buntingford (IS/AS)
- Royal Caledonian Asylum/Schools, Aldenham Road, Bushey
- Clergy Orphan School for Girls, Merry Hill Road, Bushey
- Royal Masonic Institution/School for Boys, The Avenue, Bushey
- Hertfordshire Council Sparrows Herne, 1 Little Bushey Lane, Bushey Heath (CC)
- Hertfordshire Council Herne House, 3 Little Bushey Lane, Bushey Heath (CC)
- Westminster Council Home, Killickdown, Heathbourne Road, Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire (LC)
- Cheshunt Maternity Home, Hope House, Cheshunt (MH/MB)
- Islington Council Home, New Park House, 1 Hanyards Lane, Cuffley, Hertfordshire (LC)
- Caldecott Community, Caldecot House, Goff's Oak, Cuffley
- Church Farm Industrial School for Boys, Church Hill Road, East Barnet (IS/AS)
- Home for Destitute Orphans and Fatherless Girls, Schopwick Place, High Street, Elstree
- Hertfordshire Council St Margaret's Home for Girls, Crossway Avenue, Harpenden (CC)
- Hertfordshire Council Home, Field House, 8 Townsend Road, Harpenden (CC)
- St Albans Union / Hertfordshire Council Cottage Home, Harcourt, Luton Road, Harpenden* (PL/CC)
- National Children's Home Sanatorium, Elmfield, Ambrose Lane, Harpenden (NCH)
- National Children's Home, Highfield, Ambrose Lane, Harpenden (CS/NCH)
- St Margaret's Home for Girls, St James's Road, Harpenden (CS)
- Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum, Bedwell Park, Essendon, Hatfield
- Hertfordshire Council Family Group Home, 1 Tewin Road, Leverstock Green, Hemel Hempstead (CC)
- Hertfordshire Council Family Group Home, 101 Datchworth Turn, Leverstock Green, Hemel Hempstead (CC)
- Hertfordshire Council Family Group Home, 35 Micklefield Road, Leverstock Green, Hemel Hempstead (CC)
- Hertfordshire Council Family Group Home, 51 Woolmer Drive, Leverstock Green, Hemel Hempstead (CC)
- Hertfordshire Council Home, Cattsdells, Hemel Hempstead (CC)
- Hemel Hemsptead Union / Hertfordshire Council Cottage Home, Highfield, Highfield Lane, Hemel Hempstead* (PL/CC)
- Hertfordshire Council Family Group Home, Martins, 150 Jupiter Drive, Hemel Hempstead (CC)
- Olive House Girls' Industrial Home, 27 George Street, Hemel Hempstead (IS/WS)
- St Anne's Home, Hemel Hempstead (MH)
- William Baker Technical School, Goldings, Hertford (DB)
- Bayfordbury, Lower Hatfield Road, Hertford (DB)
- Balls Park, Mangrove Road, Hertford
- Barnardo's School of Printing, William Baker House, Mead Lane, Hertford (DB)
- Hertford Shelter, Molewood Villa, 33 Fanshawe Street, Hertford (MH)
- School for the Industrial Training of Poor Girls, Stapleford, Hertford (CS)
- Home for Girls, Stapleford, Hertford (CS)
- Danesbury School for Boys, Warren Park Road, Hertford (AS)
- Barnet Home for Friendless Girls, 12 Park Road, High Barnet (MH)
- Barnet Home for Friendless Girls, 59 The Drive, High Barnet (MH)
- 23 Old Park Road, Hitchin
- Hitchin Shelter, 39 Walsworth Road, Hitchin (MH)
- St Bridget's Home for Girls, Radcliffe Road, Hitchin
- St Saviour's Orphanage /St Bridget's Home for Girls, Radcliffe Road, Hitchin
- Home for Training Girls of Feeble Intellect, Scott House, 1 The Triangle, Hitchin (CS)
- Training Home and Free Registry Office, Hitchin (LA)
- Industrial Home for Training Female Servants, High Street, Hoddesdon
- Moss Holiday Home, Meadow Cottage, High Street, Kimpton
- St Alban's Boys' Home, London Road, Knebworth (WS)
- St Pancras Union School, Asylum (now College) Road, Leavesden* (PL)
- Hitchin Union / Hertfordshire Council Cottage Home, 'Briar Patch', Briar Patch Lane, Hitchin Road, Letchworth* (PL/CC)
- Hitchin Union Cottage Homes, 28-32 Ridge Road, Letchworth* (PL)
- St John Fisher School, Stevenage Road, Little Wymondley (AS)
- All Saints' Training Home, Shenley Lane, London Colney
- St Gabriel's andSt Raphael's Homes, Shenley Lane, London Colney
- St Elizabeth's Special School for Roman Catholic Epileptic Children, Perry Green, Much Hadham (IS/CS)
- Barnet Union / Hertfordshire Council Scattered Home, Rosendale, 18 King Edward Road, New Barnet* (PL/CC)
- Crossroads Club, 33 Lyonsdown Road, New Barnet (MB)
- Barnet Union Scattered Home, Moray House, Victoria Road, New Barnet* (PL)
- Margaret Okell Home, St Mildred's, Station Road, New Barnet (CS)
- Children's Home, Newgate Street
- Barnet Children's Home, Wyburn House, Station Road, New Barnet (NCH)
- Knebworth Home for Boys, Park Lane, Old Knebworth (WS)
- Barnet Council Home, New Cottage, The Ridgeway, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire (LC)
- Middlesex Council Home, New Cottage, The Ridgeway, Potters Bar (CC)
- St Raphael's, Barvin Park, Potters Bar
- Furnishing Trades' Provident and Benevolent Association Orphan Homes, Cobden Hill, Radlett
- Female Orphan Home, Frogmore House, Frogmore Hill, Rickmansworth
- Royston Home for Little Girls, Barkway Street (now Road), Royston
- Kneesworth Hall / Kneesworth House School, Old North Road, Bassingbourn, Royston (AS)
- Hertfordshire Council Rowneybury, Harlow Road, Sawbridgeworth (CC)
- Pishiobury School, Pishiobury Drive, Sawbridgeworth (AS/CC)
- Hertfordshire Council Campions, Green Street, Shenley (MB/CC)
- Hertfordshire Council Lawrence Home, 26 King Harry Lane, St Albans (CC)
- Hertfordshire Council Home for Boys, 66 Lemsford Road, St Albans (CC)
- Hertfordshire Council Home, Mandeville, 84 Holyrood Crescent, St Albans (CC)
- Montefiore House School for Jewish Girls, 21 Ridgmont Road, St Albans (AS)
- St Alban's Diocesan Training Home, 27 Sandpit Lane, St Albans
- St Barnabas' Shelter, 27 Sandpit Lane, St Albans (MH)
- St Barnabas's Shelter, Culver Road, Bernard's Heath, St Albans (MH)
- St Albans Shelter, The Poplars, 2 Church Street, St Albans (MH)
- St Albans Shelter, The Poplars, Church Crescent, St Albans (MH)
- Girls' Friendly Society Industrial Training Home, Warren House, Victoria Street, St Albans (CS)
- Hertfordshire Council St Margaretsbury Nursery, Stanstead Abbotts (CC)
- Bishop's Stortford Union / Hertfordshire Council Cottage Home, Haroldene, Recreation Ground, Stansted Mountfitchet* (PL/CC)
- Hertfordshire Council Home, 106 Bury Dale, Broadwater, Stevenage (CC)
- Islington Council Home, 17 The Muntings, Leaves Spring, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (LC)
- Islington Council Home, 26 Peartree Way, Leaves Spring, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (LC)
- Islington Council Home, 28 The Muntings, Leaves Spring, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (LC)
- Islington Council Home, 36 Angle Ways, Leaves Spring, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (LC)
- Islington Council Home, 39 Peartree Way, Leaves Spring, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (LC)
- Islington Council Home, 66 Hydean Way, Leaves Spring, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (LC)
- St Edward's School for Roman Catholic Girls, Totteridge Lane, Totteridge (CS)
- St Joseph's, Totteridge Lane, Totteridge
- Islington Council Residential Nursery, Widbury House, Ware, Hertfordshire (LC)
- London Council Residential Nursery, Easneye, Ware (CC)
- London Council Residential Nursery, Widbury House, Ware (CC)
- Ware Union Scattered Home, Alpha Cottage, Crib Street, Ware* (PL)
- Crouchfield Community Home, Wadesmill Road, Chapmore End, Ware (CC)
- Hertfordshire Reformatory for Boys, Wadesmill Road, Chapmore End, Ware (Rfy)
- Hertfordshire Training School for Boys, Wadesmill Road, Chapmore End, Ware (AS)
- St Mary's Refuge, Watton Road, Ware (MH)
- St Saviour's Home for Girls, 'Youngsbury', Ware (WS)
- Watford Union / Hertfordshire Council Scattered Home, 1-5 Ashby Road, Callow Land, Watford* (PL/CC)
- Hertfordshire Council Home, Rufford House, 44 Nascot Wood Road, Watford (CC)
- Islington Council Gisburne House Children's Home, 95 Gammons Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire (LC)
- Gisburne House School for Girls, 95 Gammons Lane, Watford (IS/AS/CC)
- London Council Gisburne House Special Home for Girls, 95 Gammons Lane, Watford (CC)
- St Agnes House, 10-12 St John's Road, Watford (MH)
- St Agnes Shelter, 12 St John's Road, Watford (MH)
- London Orphan Asylum, Orphanage Road, Watford
- St Catherine's Home, Percy Road, Watford
- Watford Union Scattered Home, Stamford House, Park Lane, Watford* (PL)
- Hertfordshire Council Stanfield, Lemsford Lane, Welwyn Garden City (CC)
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