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Tixover Grange School, Duddington, near Stamford, Lincolnshire

On 24 July 1944, an Approved School for Junior Boys was certified to operate in premises at Tixover Grange, Duddington. (Although the property actually stands in Rutland, the nearby village of Duddington is in Northamptonshire, while the Grange's postal address is usually given as being near Stamford, Lincolnshire.)

Tixover Grange, Duddington.

The school's managers surrendered its certificate on 30 November 1954.

The property is now occupied by a care home.

Records

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  • None identfied at present — any information welcome.

Bibliography

  • Higginbotham, Peter Children's Homes: A History of Institutional Care for Britain's Young (2017, Pen & Sword)
  • Hyland,Jim Yesterday's Answers: Yesterday's Answers: Development and Decline of Schools for Young Offenders (1993, Whiting and Birch)
  • Millham, S, Bullock, R, and Cherrett, P After Grace — Teeth: a comparative study of the residential experience of boys in Approved Schools (1975, Chaucer Publishing)

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