Children's Homes and Institutions in Staffordshire, 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.
- Staffordshire Council Home, Aldridge Court, Little Aston Road, Aldridge (CC)
- Walsall Council Beacon View, Little Aston Road, Aldridge (BC)
- Barlaston Girls' Home, Longton Road, Barlaston (LA/CS)
- Burton-upon-Trent Union Cottage Homes (Girls), The Ferns, Station Road, Barton under Needwood* (PL)
- Wolverhampton Council Home, Ashleigh House, 107 Gorge Road, Coseley, Bilston (BC)
- Wolverhampton Council Ashleigh, Gorge Road, Coseley, Bilston (BC)
- Walsall Council Croxdene Reception and Short Stay Home, Croxdene Avenue, Bloxwich (BC)
- Walsall Council Essington Lodge Observation and Assessment Centre, Essington Road, New Invention, Bloxwich (BC)
- Staffordshire Council Broadfield House, Steam Road, Kingswinford, Brierly Hill (MB/CC)
- Wolstanton & Burslem Union Scattered Home (Girls), 152 High Lane, Burslem* (PL)
- Wolstanton & Burslem Union Scattered Home (Boys), 55 Macclesfield Street, Burslem* (PL)
- The Girls' Home, 53 Union Street, Burton upon Trent (MB)
- Burton upon Trent Council Home for Boys, 147 Belvedere Road, Burton-on-Trent* (PL/BC)
- Burton upon Trent Council Home, 3 Wordsworth Close, Burton-on-Trent (BC)
- Burton upon Trent Council Home, 30 Shakespeare Road, Burton-on-Trent (BC)
- Burton upon Trent Council Girls' Hostel, 53 Union Street, Burton-on-Trent (BC)
- Burton upon Trent Council Home, Heath Villa, 348 Rosliston Road, Stapenhill, Burton-on-Trent (BC)
- Burton Ladies' Association Temporaray Rescue Home, 221 Waterloo Street, Burton-on-Trent (LA/MH)
- GFS Lodge, 4 Horninglow Street, Burton-on-Trent
- Burton Ladies' Association Girls' Home, 53 Union Street, Burton-on-Trent (LA/MH)
- Mother and Baby Home, 53 Union Street, Burton-on-Trent (MB)
- Home of the Good Shepherd /St Michael's House Home, Hoar Cross, Burton-on-Trent (WS)
- Cottage Home for Girls from Burton Union, The Ferns, Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent
- Burton-on-Trent Training Home, Wilford Cottage, Scalpcliff Road, Burton-on-Trent
- Staffordshire Council Lynwood Children's Home, 35 Old Penkridge Road, Cannock* (CC)
- Staffordshire Council Remand Home for Boys, 35 Old Penkridge Road, Cannock* (CC)
- Staffordshire Council Home, 90 North Street, Bridgetown, Cannock (CC)
- Staffordshire Council Home, Chaseley, New Penkridge Road, Cannock (CC)
- Penkridge (Cannock) Union Cottage Homes, New Penkridge Road, Cannock* (PL/CC)
- Cheadle Union / Staffordshire Council Home, The Birches / Newlands, Cheadle* (PL/CC)
- Home for Orphan Boys, Oakamoor, Cheadle (CS)
- Staffordshire Council Hostel for Working Boys, Woodcross House, Cinderhill, Coseley (CC)
- Walsall Council Ilmington, Crescent Road, Darlaston (BC)
- Boys' Farm Home, Weston Lane, Standon Bridge, Eccleshall (IS/AS/WS)
- Aqualate Hall, Walkley Bank, Forton (DB)
- Lady D Grey's Free School, Forton
- Walsall Council Great Barr Park Colony, Great Barr* (PL/BC)
- Babies' Home, St Mary's Convent, Great Barr
- Walsall Council Hammerwich House, Burntwood Road, Hammerwich (BC)
- Island Cottage Industrial Home, Handsworth (IS)
- Girls' Friendly Society Home of Rest, Dunsley House, Kinver
- Bethany Cripples Home, Kinver
- Staffordshire Council Home, Mayfield, Manley Road, Wissage, Lichfield (CC)
- Staffordshire Council Girls' Industrial School, The Wissage, Wissage Lane (now Road), Lichfield (IS/CC)
- Staffordshire Council The Poplars Residential Nursery, Wissage Lane (now Scotch Orchard), Lichfield* (CC)
- Staffordshire Council The Wissage Reception Centre, Wissage Road, Lichfield (CC)
- Staffordshire Council The Wissage Remand Home / Chadswell Assessment Centre, Wissage Road, Lichfield (CC)
- Walsall Council The Beacon School, Beacon Street, Lichfield (BC)
- Lichfield Ladies' Association Refuge, Beacon Holme, 54 Beacon Street, Lichfield (MH)
- Midland Truant Industrial School for Boys, Beacon Street, Lichfield (IS)
- The Refuge, Parchment Cottage, Lichfield (LA/MH)
- Lyncroft House, Stafford Road, Lichfield (SA/MB)
- Lichfield Union Home, Wissage Lane (now Scotch Orchard), Lichfield* (PL)
- Swinfen Hall, Lichfield (BI/DC)
- Rescue Home, Lichfield (MH)
- Staffordshire Council Home, May Place, The Brampton, Newcastle under Lyme (CC)
- Staffordshire Council The Birches Working Girls' Home / Children's Home, Sidmouth House, Newcastle under Lyme (CC)
- North Staffordshire Hostel for Mothers and Babies, 2 Enderley Street, Newcastle under Lyme (MB)
- Alsager Bank Cottage Home for Orphans, Newcastle under Lyme (CS)
- Sandwell Council Home, 27 Tame Rise, Brandhall Estate, Oldbury (BC)
- Sandwell Council Home, 34 Pedmore Walk, Lion Farm Estate, Oldbury (BC)
- Warley Council Home, 27 Tame Rise, Brandhall Estate, Oldbury (BC)
- Warley Council Home, 34 Pedmore Walk, Lion Farm Estate, Oldbury (BC)
- St Margaret's Home for Girls, Cuttlestone Cottage, Clay Street, Penkridge (CS/WS)
- Staffordshire Council Home, 53 Coalpit Lane, Brereton, Rugeley (CC)
- Rugeley Training Home, Brereton, Rugeley (CS)
- Sandwell Council The Hollies, Coopers Lane, Smethwick (BC)
- Sandwell Council Home, Lee House, 139 Bearwood Road, Smethwick (BC)
- Smethwick Council Home, Lee House, 139 Bearwood Road, Smethwick (BC)
- Warley Council Astbury House Hostel for Mentally Subnormal Young People, 27 Little Moor Hill, Smethwick (BC)
- Warley Council The Hollies, Coopers Lane, Smethwick (BC)
- Warley Council Home, Lee House, 139 Bearwood Road, Smethwick (BC)
- Astbury House, 27 Little Moor Hill, Smethwick (MB)
- Smethwick Refuge, 35 Broomfield, Smethwick (MH)
- Birmingham Girls' Reformatory, 'The Coppice', Cape Hil, Smethwick (Rfy)
- Staffordshire Council Home, 2 Stone Road, Stafford (CC)
- Staffordshire Council Rotherwood Nursey, Rowley Park, Stafford (CC)
- Staffordshire Council Rotherwood Reception Centre, Rowley Park, Stafford (CC)
- Staffordshire Council The Laurels Residential Nursery, Rowley Park, Stafford (CC)
- Staffordshire Council Home, Springfield, 216-218 Stone Road, Stafford (CC)
- Glentworth Mothercraft Hostel, Rowley Bank, Stafford (MB)
- Rowley Hall Training School for Girls, Rowley Park, Stafford (Rfy/AS)
- Stafford County Industrial Home / Reformatory for Girls, Sandon Road, Stafford (Rfy/MH)
- Staffordshire Council Home, 245 Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-Trent (CC)
- Werrington School for Boys, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent (AS/CC)
- Stafford County Industrial School for Boys, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent (IS/CC)
- Staffordshire Council Heron Cross House, Stoke-on-Trent (CC)
- Stoke-on-Trent Council Family Group Home, 14A Pembridge Road, Stoke-on-Trent (BC)
- Stoke-on-Trent Council Home, 2 Abbey Road, Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent (BC)
- Stoke-on-Trent Council Family Group Home, 36 Red House Crescent, Stoke-on-Trent (BC)
- Stoke-on-Trent Council Home, 6 Baden Road, Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent (BC)
- Stoke-on-Trent Council Reception Home, 6 St Christopher Avenue, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent (BC)
- Stoke-on-Trent Council Family Group Home, Holly Bank House, Oakhill, Stoke-on-Trent (BC)
- Stoke-on-Trent Council Working Boys' Home, Park Terrace, Stoke-on-Trent (BC)
- Stoke-on-Trent Council Grove Residential Nursery, The Avenue, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent (BC)
- Stoke-on-Trent Council Home, The Avenue, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent (BC)
- Shelton Training Home, 11 (later 169) Howard Place, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent (CS)
- Free Registry Office, Training Home and Shelter, 18 Edmund Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (LA)
- Hanley Shelter, 21 Church Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (MH)
- Hanley Shelter, 26 Mayer Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (MH)
- Potteries Shelter, 6 Bagnall Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (MH)
- Stoke & Wolstanton Union Scattered Home, Basford Hall, Basford, Stoke-on-Trent* (PL)
- North Staffordshire Training Home for Girls, Cliffe House, Hill Street, Stoke-on-Trent (CS)
- Bradwell, First Avenue, Porthill, Stoke-on-Trent (MH)
- Guardians' Institution, London Road, Stoke-on-Trent
- Stoke-upon-Trent Union Cottage Homes, Newcastle Lane, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent* (PL)
- Moor Court, Oakamoor, Stoke-on-Trent (BI/DC)
- Stoke & Wolstanton Union Scattered Home, Oxford Road, Basford, Stoke-on-Trent* (PL)
- Potteries Shelter, St Faith's, Howard Place, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent (MH)
- North Staffordshire Deaf School, The Mount, Greatbach Avenue, Stoke-on-Trent
- Werrington House Detention Centre, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent (DC)
- Dacre House Home for Boys, Westwood Manor, Wetley Rocks, Stoke-on-Trent (WS)
- Home for Crippled Children, Hyde House, Stourton, Stourbridge
- Staffordshire Council Home, Glascote, Tamworth (CC)
- Staffordshire Council The Alders, Tamworth (CC)
- Stoke-on-Trent Council Home for Working Boys, 2 Stanley Street, Tunstall (BC)
- Stoke-on-Trent Council Hostel for Girls, Tunstall (BC)
- Stoke & Wolstanton Union Scattered Home, 2 Stanley Street, Tunstall* (PL)
- Wolstanton & Burslem Union Scattered Home, 2 Stanley Street, Tunstall* (PL)
- Wolstanton & Burslem Union Scattered Home (Girls), Victoria Road, Tunstall* (PL)
- Werrington School / Riverside, Rocester, Uttoxeter (AS/CC)
- Walsall Council The Hollies, 10 Lichfield Road, Walsall (BC)
- Walsall Council Home, 85 Lanbury Road, Yew Tree Estate, Walsall (BC)
- GFS Lodge, 52 Lysways Street, Walsall
- St Michael's Home for Boys, Church Road, Pelsall, Walsall (WS)
- Springhill Hostel, Jesson Road, Walsall (PHs)
- Home for Brothers and Sisters, Jesson Road, Walsall
- Druids Heath School, Walsall Wood Road, Aldridge, Walsall (AS/DB)
- R.A.O.B. Orphanage, Walsall Wood Road, Aldridge, Walsall
- Sandwell Council Home, Park Corner, 53 Walsall Street, Wednesbury (BC)
- Staffordshire Council Home, Park Corner, 53 Walsall Street, Wednesbury (CC)
- West Bromwich Council Home, Park Corner, 53 Walsall Street, Wednesbury (BC)
- Wolverhampton Council Braybrook House Reception centre, 53 Amos Lane, Wednesfield (BC)
- Wolverhampton Union/Council Cottage Homes, Amos Lane, Wednesfield* (PL/BC)
- Wolverhampton Council Home, Barrett House, Amos Lane, Wednesfield* (BC)
- Wolverhampton Council Home, Watterson House, Amos Lane, Wednesfield* (BC)
- Birmingham Council Home, 7 Nicholls Street, West Bromwich (BC)
- Sandwell Council Crest, 181 Church Vale, West Bromwich, West Bromwich (BC)
- Sandwell Council Home, 23 Beeches Road, West Bromwich (BC)
- Sandwell Council Home, 85 Ladbury Road, Yew Tree Estate, West Bromwich (BC)
- Sandwell Council Home, 95 Bratt Street, West Bromwich (BC)
- Sandwell Council Charlemont Close Reception Centre, Pennyhill Lane, West Bromwich (BC)
- West Bromwich Council Home, 21A Beeches Road, West Bromwich (BC)
- West Bromwich Council Home, 7 Nicholls Street, West Bromwich (BC)
- West Bromwich Council Home, 85 Ladbury Road, Yew Tree Estate, West Bromwich (BC)
- West Bromwich Council Home, 95 Bratt Street, West Bromwich (BC)
- West Bromwich Council Charlemont Close Nursery, Pennyhill Lane, West Bromwich (BC)
- West Bromwich Council Charlemont Close Reception Centre, Pennyhill Lane, West Bromwich (BC)
- Wigmore School, Pennyhill Lane, West Bromwich (AS)
- Homes of the Society of the Incarnation, St Francis House, Charlemont Hall, West Bromwich
- Sandwell Hall Special Industrial School for Mentally Defective Children, West Bromwich (IS)
- Sandwell Hall Training Home, West Bromwich
- Walsall & West Bromwich District School, Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore* (PL)
- Walsall Council Lew Joseph House, Stroud Avenue, Lodge Farm Estate, Willenhall (BC)
- Staffordshire Council Home for Working Girls, George Newman Cottage, 27 Emberton Street, Wolstanton (CC)
- Wolverhampton Council Home, 1-3 Cavendish Gardens, Wolverhampton (BC)
- Wolverhampton Council Home, 17 Bramerton Close, Prestwood Road, Wolverhampton (BC)
- Wolverhampton Council Home, 35 Cromwell Road, Bushbury, Wolverhampton (BC)
- Wolverhampton Council Home, 53 Burcot Avenue, Wolverhampton (BC)
- Wolverhampton Council Home, 54 Windmill Lane, Castlecroft, Wolverhampton (BC)
- Wolverhampton Council Home, 6 Bewdley Drive, Wolverhampton (BC)
- Wolverhampton Council Home, 73 Burcot Avenue, Wolverhampton (BC)
- Wolverhampton Council Home, 79 Warstones Road, Wolverhampton (BC)
- Wolverhampton Council Aldersley House, Aldersley House, Crossland Crescent, Wolverhampton (BC)
- Wolverhampton Day Industrial School, Salop Street, Wolverhampton (IS/BC)
- Mrs Legge Memorial Home, 134 Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton (MB)
- Training Home for Destitute Orphan Girls, 17 St Jude's Road, Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton (CS)
- Mrs Hay Memorial Home, 36 Merridale Road, Wolverhampton (MH)
- Mrs Hay Memorial Home, 36 Merridale Road, Wolverhampton (MB)
- Mrs Hay Memorial Home, 38 Park Road East, Wolverhampton (MB)
- Deaf & Dumb Girls' Home, 80 Compton Road, Wolverhampton
- Home for Deaf and Dumb Women and Girls, 7 Clarendon Street, Wolverhampton
- Red Gables, 83 Compton Road, Wolverhampton (NCH)
- Mrs Legge Memorial Home, 89 North Road, Wolverhampton (MH/MB)
- Mrs Legge Memorial Home, 89 North Road, Wolverhampton (MB)
- GFS Lodge, Alexandra House, 71 Compton Road, Wolverhampton
- Training Home for Destitute Orphan Girls, Clarendon Street, Wolverhampton (CS)
- Female Refuge, Grosvenor House, Wadham's/Whitmore Hill, Wolverhampton (MH)
- Free Register Office and Home for Friendless Girls, Malvern Place, Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton
- Wolverhampton Orphan Asylum / Royal Orphanage, Penn Road, Wolverhampton
- St Joseph's Home, St John's Square, Wolverhampton (CS)
- Cleveland House, Sutherland Place, Vicarage Road, Wolverhampton (MH)
- House of Mercy for Servants out of Place, Temple Street, Wolverhampton
- St Winifred's Home for Girls, Whitmore Hall, Evans Street, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton (IS)
- Blue Coat School, Wolverhampton
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