Homes for Mentally Incapacitated Children
England
Bedfordshire
- Howard House, 17 Cardington Road, Bedford
- Bedfordshire Council Maythorne Hostel for Mentally Handicapped Children, The Lawns, The Baulk, Biggleswade
- Bedfordshire Council Home for Sick and Convalescent Children, 111 London Road, Luton
Buckinghamshire
- The Manor House, Bierton Hill, Aylesbury
Cambridgeshire
- Littleton House School, High Street, Girton, Cambridge
Cheshire
- Birkenhead Council Hostel for Mentally Handicapped Children, Rosclare House, Ravendale Close, Noctorum Estate, Birkenhead
- Liverpool Ladies' Association Laundry Home, Ashton House, 26 Village Road, Oxton, Birkenhead
- Sandlebridge Certified Institution, Ancoats Lane, Great Warford
- Liverpool Ladies' Association Laundry Home, Ashton House, The Parade, Parkgate
Cornwall
- Elizabeth Barclay Home of Industry for Feeble-minded Girls, Love Lane, Castle Street, Bodmin
- Elizabeth Barclay Home, Pounds Lane, Bodmin
- Convent of the Good Shepherd, St Anne's, Saltash
Cumberland
- Durran Hill House, Durranhill Road, Carlisle
Derbyshire
- Aston Hall, Weston Road, Aston-on-Trent
- Whittington Midland Counties Institution, Whittington Hall, Woodmere Drive, Chesterfield
- Derby Corporation Institution, Thornhill, Trowels Lane, Derby
- Hopwell Hall Colony / School, Ockbrook, Derby
Devon
- Devon and Exeter Home of the Holy Innocents, Franklyn Street,St Thomas, Exeter
- Western Counties Idiot Asylum / Training School for Feeble-minded Children, Star Cross, Exeter
- Devon Council Institution, Stoke Lyne, Withycombe
County Durham
- North-Eastern counties Home for Feeble-Minded Boys, Monkton Hall, Monkton Lane, Jarrow
Essex
- Home for Feeble-minded Boys, Ironbridge Farm, Shalford, Braintree
- Asylum for Idiots, Essex Hall, Colchester
- Royal Eastern Counties Institution for the Mentally Defective, Colchester
- Eastern Counties Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles, Colchester
- St Joseph's Special School for Educable Mentally Defective Roman Catholic Boys, Bigod's Hall, Bigod's Lane, Dunmow
- Home for Feeble-Minded Boys (John Nicks), Upshire Bury, Copt Hall, Waltham Abbey
- Walsham How Church Army Home, 1 Forest Rise, Walthamstow
- Bridge Training Home, Hatfield Road, Witham
- Thurlby House School for Roman Catholic Mentally Defective Boys, Chigwell Road, Woodford Bridge
Gloucestershire
- Mary Carpenter Home, 10 Bishop Street, Portland Square, Bristol
- Mary Carpenter Home, Causeway, Fishponds, Bristol
- Bristol Home for Feeble-minded Girls, Chasefield, 888 Fishponds Road, Bristol
- Girls' Preventive Home, Royal Fort Road, Bristol
- Ivy Lodge, Stoke Park Colony for Mentally Defective Children, Stapleton, Bristol
- Stoke House, Stoke Park Colony for Mentally Defective Children, Stapleton, Bristol
- Blaisdon Hall, Longhope
- St Mary's Home, Belmont House, Stamage's Lane, Painswick
Hampshire
- St Mary's Home, Alton
Hertfordshire
- St Francis' Special School for Roman Catholic Mentally Defective Boys, London Road, Buntingford
- Hertfordshire Council Herne House, 3 Little Bushey Lane, Bushey Heath
- Home for Training Girls of Feeble Intellect, Scott House, 1 The Triangle, Hitchin
- St Raphael's, Barvin Park, Potters Bar
- Hertfordshire Council Rowneybury, Harlow Road, Sawbridgeworth
Kent
- Imbecile Asylum and Schools, Darenth
- Princess Christian's Farm Colony, Riding Lane, Hildenborough
- Meadows Memorial Home/House/School, 128-130 London Road, Southborough
- Bexley Council Falconwood Junior Hostel, 33 The Green, Welling
Lancashire
- Calderstones Institution, Whalley, Blackburn
- Royal Albert Institution for the Feeble Minded, Ashton Road, Lancaster
- Liverpool Ladies' Association Laundry Home, Adcote House, Pilch Lane, Knotty Ash, Liverpool
- Allerton Priory Special School for Roman Catholic Children, Allerton Road, Woolton, Liverpool
- Dovecot Horticultural Special School for Girls, Pilch Lane, Knotty Ash, Liverpool
- Dovecot Horticultural Special School for Girls, Thomas Lane, Knotty Ash, Liverpool
- Ribble Lodge, 77 Dickenson Road, Rusholme, Manchester
- Swinton House Special School, Partington Lane, Manchester
- Pontville Special School for Roman Catholic Children, Black Moss Lane, Aughton, Ormskirk
- St Joseph's School / Briars Hey Community Home, Mill Lane, Rainhill
- Langho Asylum Board Home, Brockhall, Langho, Whalley
Leicestershire
- Sunnyholme, 155 King Richards Road, Leicester
- Cross Corners, Belgrave, Leicester
- Leicester Frith Mental Deficiency Institution, Groby Road, Leicester
London (E/EC Postal Areas)
- Training Home for Young Feeble-minded Girls and Children / Clapton Girls' Home, 15 Clapton Square, Clapton E5
- London Council Stormont House Residential School for Mentally Defective Blind Boys, 75 Downs Park Road, Hackney Downs E5
- Homerton Residential School for Deaf Children, High Street, Homerton E9
- St Pelagia's Home, Etloe House, 180 Church Road, Leyton E5
London (N/NW Postal Areas)
- St Joseph's Preservation and Training Home, 16 East End Road, East Finchley N2
- Church Army Home, 'Crathorne', Oak Lane, East Finchley N2
- Montfort House School, Limes Avenue, Golders Green NW11
- Cavendish Home, 21 Pond Street, Hampstead NW3
- The Helping Hand Home, 16 Cathcart Hill, Highgate N19
- National Association for Feeble-minded Home, 'Wolseley', Woodside Avenue, North Finchley N12
London (SE/SW Postal Areas)
- Residential Mental Deficiency School, 40 King's Avenue, Clapham Park, Balham SW4
- LCC Residential Home for Mentally Defective Boys, 48-50 Acre Lane, Brixton SW2
- Home for Defective Children, 60-64 Kingwood Road, Fulham SW6
- Home for Defective Children, 16 (now 26) Elm Grove, Peckham SE15
- Girls' Home, Convent of St Mary, High Street, Roehampton SW15
- St Michael's Convent, North Side, Streatham Common SW16
- St Michael's Convent, Parkhill, Streatham Common SW16
- Home for Defective Children, 81 Earlsfield Road, Wandsworth SW18
- Home for Defective Children, Surrey House, 66 St Ann's Hill, Wandsworth SW18
- Lock Hospital, Grosvenor Place, Westminster SW1
London (W/WC Postal Areas)
- Home for Feeble-minded Girls, Alexander House, 48 Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith W6
- St Anne's Special School, 317A Portobello Road, Notting Hill W10
- Home for Defective Children, Lloyd House, 11 Lloyd Street, Pentonville WC1
- Home for Defective Children, 12 Lloyd Street, Pentonville WC1
- Alexander Home for Feeble-minded Girls, 170 Coningham Road, Shepherd's Bush W12
Middlesex
- St Raphael's Institution, 6-8 (later 2) The Butts, Brentford
- Bramley House, Clay Hill, Enfield
- St Saviour's Home for the Feeble-minded, Brent Lodge, Hendon
- St Saviour's Home for the Feeble-minded, Hendon
- All Souls' Special School for Mentally Defective RC Girls, Pield Heath House, Pield Heath Road, Hillingdon
- Uxbridge Home for Feeble-minded, Alexander House, 117 High Street, Uxbridge
Northumberland
- Sacred Heart, Lemmington Hall, Alnwick
- Morpeth Home of Industry, Bow Villa, Morpeth
Oxfordshire
- Home for Girls, Hampton Poyle
- Home for Feeble-minded girls, Cumnor Rise, Botley, Oxford
Somerset
- House of Help for Feeble Minded Women and Girls, 112 Walcot Street, Bath
- Sandhill Park, Bishops Lydeard
- The Friars, Fryern Lawn, Bridgwater
- St Mary's Home for Mentally Defective Girls, Totterdown Hall, Weston super Mare
- Home for Mentally Defective Children, Yatton Hall, Yatton
Staffordshire
- Walsall Council Great Barr Park Colony, Great Barr
- Walsall Council The Beacon School, Beacon Street, Lichfield
- Warley Council Astbury House Hostel for Mentally Subnormal Young People, 27 Little Moor Hill, Smethwick
- Guardians' Institution, London Road, Stoke-on-Trent
- Sandwell Hall Special Industrial School for Mentally Defective Children, West Bromwich
Suffolk
- East Suffolk Council Evelyn Fison Lodge, Sprites Lane, Ipswich
- Handford Home for Feeble-minded Girls, 253-255 Ranelagh Road, Ipswich
- St Joseph's Home, The Croft, Sudbury
Surrey
- The Littleton Special Home, Artington
- St Joseph's, Cranleigh
- St Teresa's, Great Holt, Dockenfield, Farnham
- Asylum for Idiots, Park House, Highgate
- LCC Institution, Farmfield, Horley
- Royal Earlswood Institution for Mental Defectives, Earlswood, Redhill
- Ellen Terry Home for Blind Mentally Defective Children, 44 Wray Park Road, Reigate
- Surrey Council Hostel for Mentally Subnormal Children, Sendhurst Grange, Woodhill, Send
- Surrey Council Hostel for Mentally Subnormal Children, Aigburth, Mile Path, Woking
Sussex
- St Anne's Home, 49 Buckingham Place, Brighton
- St Mary's Convent, Portslade, Brighton
- St Mary's Home, 179 Priory Road, Hastings
- St Anne's Children's Home, Claremont, Lansdowne Road, Hove
- St Elizabeth's Training Home for Young Servants, Midhurst
- Buckets and Spades, Churchwood (now Lancaster) Road, St Leonards-on-Sea
Warwickshire
- Birmingham Council Jubilee House (later Camborne House), 89 Camborne Close, Aston, Birmingham
- Agatha Stacey Home No. 1, Eachway Lane, Rednal, Birmingham
- Sunfield Children's Home, Weoley Park Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham
- Birmingham Laundry and Homes of Industry (Agatha Stacey Home), Enniskerry, 145 Darley Green Road, Knowle, Solihull
- Midland Counties Institution, Station Road, Knowle, Solihull
Worcestershire
- Birmingham Laundry and Homes of Industry, Home No.1 1, Arrowfield Top, Alvechurch
- Sunfield Children's Home, Clent Grove, Clent
- Besford Court School for Roman Catholic Mentally Defective Boys, Besford, Defford
- Besford Court Home and Farm Colony, Besford, Defford
- SevernStokeCroome, Croome Court, Severn Stoke
West Riding of Yorkshire
- Barnsley Council Hostel for Mentally Handicapped Children, 12 Greenfoot Lane, Barnsley
- St Bernadette's Training School, Houghley Lane, Bramley
- Springfield Home and Laundry, Blake Hill, Shibden, Halifax
- Craigie Lea Children's Home, Ovenden Road, Ovenden, Halifax
- Leeds Council Newcliff House School, Fawcett Lane, Leeds
- Meanwood Park Colony, Meanwood, Leeds
- Farfield Girls' Training Home, Theaker Lane, Armley, Leeds
- Doncaster Council Home for Mentally Handicapped Children, Newlands, 20 Avenue Road, Scawsby
- Sheffield Council Rushey Meadow Home for Mentally Handicapped Children, 1 Bannerdale Road, Sheffield
- Sheffield Council Strafford House Home for Mentally Handicapped Children, 300 Guildford View, Sheffield
- Sheffield Council Ringinglow Home for Mentally Handicapped Children, 336 Ringinglow Road, Sheffield
- Cliffe House, Elm Lane, Shire Green, Sheffield
- St Joseph's House for Mentally Handicapped Women and Girls, Hoeard Road, Howard Hill, Sheffield
- Sheffield Mental Deficiency Committee Home, Wales Court, Wales, Sheffield
- Home for Imbecile Boys, Hatfeild Hall (later Hospital), Stanley, Wakefield
Wales
Carmarthenshire
- Pantglas Hall, Llanfynydd Road, Carmarthen
Carnarvonshire
- Carnarvonshire Council Bodfan Mental Hospital for Children, The Park, Carnarvon
Denbighshire
- Denbighshire/Clwyd Council Hoste for Mentally Handicapped, 45 Tapley Avnue, Wrexham
Channel Isles
Jersey
Scotland
Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Council Airy Hall (or Airyhall) Children's Home, Craigton Road, Pitfoldels, Cults
Angus (Forfarshire)
- Baldovan Institution for Feeble Mided Children, Baldovan Road, Baldovan, Dundee
Dunbartonshire
Kincardineshire
- Keith Lodge, 48 Cameron Street, Stonehaven
Lanarkshire
- St Charles Institution for Invalid and Mentally Defective Children, Carstairs
- Glasgow Council Ardoch Hostel, Glasgow
Midlothian
- St Joseph's Hospital for the Mentally Handicapped, Rosewell
Perthshire
- Viewpark Holiday Home, Meethill Road, Alyth
- Balnacraig School, Fairmount Terrace, Perth
Republic of Ireland
Co. Cork
- St Paul's School, 15A Falcon Hill, Montenotte, Cork
- St Gabriel's School, Curraheen Road, Cork
- School of the Divine Child, Lavanagh, Ballintemple, Cork
- Scoil Eanna / School of the Angels, Middle Glanmire Road, Montenotte, Cork
- St Bernadette's School, Middle Glanmire Road, Montenotte, Cork
- St Mary's, Rochestown, Cork
- Our Lady of Good Counsel, Lota, Glanmire
- Scoil Triest, Lota, Glanmire
- St David's School, Lota, Glanmire
Co. Dublin
- St Augustine's, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock
- Warrenstown House, Corduff Road, Blanchardstown
- St Michael's, Glenmaroon, Chapelizod, Dublin
- O'Brien Institute, Malahide Road, Dublin
- St Vincent's Home, Navan Road, Cabra, Dublin
- Stewart's Hospital, Mill Lane, Palmerstown
Co. Galway
- Kilcornan Centre, Clarinbridge
- Holy Family School, Renmore, Galway
Co. Kerry
- St Francis &St Mary of the Angels, Whitefield, Beaufort, Killarney
Co. Kilkenny
- School of the Holy Spirit, Seville Lodge, Callan Road, Kilkenny
Co. Louth
- St Mary's, Drumcar
Co. Sligo
- St Cecilia's, Cregg House, Sligo
Co. Tipperary
- St Anne's Hospital for Mentally Handicapped Children, Short Corville Road, Roscrea
Co. Westmeath
- St Mary's, Southhill, Delvin
France
Cantal
- Asile de Devèze, Devèze
Isère
- Asile Sainte-Agnès, Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux
- Orphelinat du Bon Pasteur (Annexe), Vienne
Jura
- Asile des Infirmes, Aromas
- Orphelinat de Mlle Prouvier, Lons-le-Saunier
- Asile d'Infirmes ou d'Idiotes, Salins
Meurthe-et-Moselle
- Maison du Bon Pasteur, Nancy
Pas-de-Calais
- Hospice Saint-Venant, Saint-Venant
Seine
- Fondation Vallée, 7 Rue Benserade, Gentilly
- Hospice de Bicêtre, Rue de Kremlin, Gentilly
Seine-et-Oise
- Institution des Enfants Arriérés, Eaubonne
- Colonie de Vaucluse, Épinay-sur-Orge
- Asile Départemental de l'Enfance, Saint-Cyr
- Colonie de Vaucluse, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
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