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MABYS Association Training School, Reigate, Surrey

The Central Training Home run by the Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants (MABYS) was originally opened in 1881 at Chiswick to provide training 'for ignorant and troublesome girls who have failed in domestic service'.

In 1904, the Home moved to new premises at The Mount, Wray Common, near Reigate, Surrey. On January 11th, 1904, the Home was re-certified as a Certified School, allowing it to receive pauper girls boarded-out from workhouses by Boards of Guardians. The Reigate premises could accommodate up to 40 girls aged 14 to 15 at their time of admission.

The Home was still in operation in 1939.

The premises no longer exist.

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