Children's Homes and Institutions in Leicestershire, 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.
- Ashby-de-la-Zouch Union / Leicestershire Council Home, Burton Road, Ashby de la Zouch* (PL/CC)
- Barrow-upon-Soar Union / Leicestershire Council Home, Rothley, Barrow upon Soar* (PL/CC)
- Leicestershire Council The Holt Reception Home, Birstall Road, Birstall (CC)
- Leicester Council Home, 19 Camden Road, Braunstone (BC)
- Donington Hall, Castle Donington
- Leicestershire Council Home, 44 Smith Crescent, Coalville (CC)
- Leicester Union/Council Cottage Homes, The Drive, Cosby Road, Countesthorpe* (PL/BC)
- Leicester Council Residential Nursery, The Drive, Cosby Road, Countesthorpe (BC)
- Leicester Council Home, The Laurels, Cosby Road, Countesthorpe (BC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, 1/2/4 The Drive, Cosby Road, Countesthorpe (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Residential Nursery, The Drive, Cosby Road, Countesthorpe (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, Polesbrook House, Desborough (CC)
- Market Harborough Union / Northamptonshire Council Cottage Homes, The Mount, Back Lane, East Farndon* (PL/CC)
- St Edward's School, Hallaton Hall, Eastgate, Hallaton (AS)
- Hinckley Union Cottage Homes, Burbage, Hinckley* (PL)
- Leicestershire Juvenile Reformatory for Boys, Peckleton House, Peckleton, Hinckley (Rfy)
- St Mary's Home for Girls, Kibworth Hall, Carlton Road, Kibworth (AS/WS)
- Carmel, Hastings Road, Kirby Muxloe
- Leicester Union /Council Scattered Home, 109 St Saviour's Road, Leicester* (PL/CC/BC)
- Leicester Council Hostel for Working Girls / Short-stay Hostel, 136 Westcotes Drive, Leicester (BC)
- Leicester Council Residential Nursery, 140 Regent Road, Leicester (BC)
- Leicester Council Home, 15 Nether Hall Road, Leicester (BC)
- Leicester Union Scattered Home, 170 East Park Road, Leicester* (PL/CC/BC)
- Leicester Council Home, 170 East Park Road, Leicester (BC)
- Leicester Union /Council Scattered Home, 2 Dorothy Road, Leicester* (PL/BC)
- Leicester Council Home, 2 Tatlow Road, Braunstone Frith Estate, Leicester (BC)
- Leicester Council The Lodge, 3 Mill Hill Lane, Leicester (BC)
- Leicester Council Home, 346 Aylestone Road, Leicester (BC)
- Leicester Council Home, 4 Chalgrove Walk, Rowlatt's Hill Estate, Leicester (BC)
- Leicester Council Home, 400 Thurcaston Road, Leicester (BC)
- Leicester Union /Council Scattered Home, 50 Halstead Street, Leicester* (PL/BC)
- Leicester Union/Council Receiving Home, 8-10 Mill Hill Lane, Leicester* (PL/BC)
- Leicester Council Layton Road Children's Home, Frewin Street, Leicester (BC)
- Leicester Industrial School for Boys, Markfield Lane, Desford, Leicester (IS/BC)
- Desford School for Boys / Polesbrook House, Markfield Lane, Desford, Leicester (AS/BC)
- Leicester Council Hostel for Working Boys, The Oaks, Mill Hill Lane, Leicester (BC)
- Leicester Council Woodlands Assessment Centre / Remand Home, Wigston Lane, Aylestone, Leicester (BC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, 136 Westcotes Drive, Leicester (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Residential Nursery, 140 Regent Road, Leicester (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, 15 Netherall Road, Leicester (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, 19 Camden Road, Leicester (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, 2 Tatlow Road, Braunstone Frith Estate, Leicester (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, 291 Liberty Road, Leicester (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, 31 Dunblane Avenue, Leicester (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, 346 Aylestone Rod, Leicester (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, 4 Chalgrove Walk, Rowlatt's Hill Estate, Leicester (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, 400 Thurcaston Road, Leicester (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, 5 Ratcliffe Road, Leicester (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Wynthorpe, 84 Westcotes Drive, Leicester (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, Halifax Drive, Leicester (CC)
- Leicestershire Council The Oaks, Mill Hill Lane, Leicester (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, Queens Park Way, Leicester (CC)
- Leicestershire Council The Hollies, Uppingham Road, Leicester (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Woodlands Remand Home, Wigston Lane, Aylestone, Leicester (CC)
- St Mary's Home, 1 Ashleigh Road, Leicester (MH)
- Leicester Industrial School Hostel for Boys, 132 Highcross Street, Leicester (IS)
- Sunnyholme, 155 King Richards Road, Leicester
- Leicester Home for Penitent Females, 16 Blue Boar Lane, Leicester (MH)
- 1-6 Glenfield Frith Cottages, Glenfield Frith Drive, Glenfield, Leicester (DB)
- Buckhurst Home, 195 London Road, Leicester (WS)
- Leicester Home School for Girls Auxiliary Home, 37 Alexandra Road, Leicester (AS)
- Leicester Home School for Girls Auxiliary Home, 51 Stoneygate Road, Leicester (AS)
- Leicester Home School for Girls, 58 Stoneygate Road, Leicester (AS)
- Leicester Home for Penitent Females, 58 Stoneygate Road, Leicester (MH)
- Leicester Union Scattered Homes, 86 St Saviours' Road, Leicester* (PL)
- Cross Corners, Belgrave, Leicester
- St Catherine's Home for Roman Catholic Girls, Dane Hills, Leicester (CS)
- Leicester Home for Boys, Fern Bank, 173 Avenue Road, Leicester (WS)
- Leicester Working Boys' Home, Fern Bank, 173 Avenue Road, Leicester (WS)
- Infant Orphanage, Fosse Road, Leicester
- Glenfield Frith Hall, Glenfield, Leicester (DB)
- Leicester Frith Mental Deficiency Institution, Groby Road, Leicester
- Leicester Home for Penitent Females, High Cross Street, Leicester (MH)
- John Wesley House, Humberstone Road Methodist Church, Clyde Street, Leicester (PHs)
- St Mary's Laundry Home, Narborough, Leicester (MH)
- Leicester Working Boys' Home, Stoneygate Grove, Avenue Road, Leicester (WS)
- Leicester Home for Boys, Stoneygate Grove, Avenue Road, Leicester (WS)
- Leicester Union Home for 'Ins-and-Outs', The Lodge, 3 Mill Hill Lane, Leicester* (PL)
- Female Asylum / Orphanage, The Newarke, Leicester
- Leicester Home for Penitent Females, The Newarke, Leicester (MH)
- St Anne's Preventive Home, The Newarke, Leicester
- St Mary Magdalene's Refuge and Night Shelter, The Newarke, Leicester (MH)
- Leicester Industrial School Hostel for Boys, Winthorpe, 84 Westcotes Drive, Leicester (IS)
- Leicester Council The Beeches Reception Hostel, 195 Hinckley Road, Leicester Forest East (BC)
- Leicester Council Home, 40 Holmfield Avenue West, Leicester Forest East (BC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, 40 Holmfield Avenue West, Leicester Forest East (CC)
- Leicestershire Council The Beeches Reception Home, 95 Hinckley Road, Leicester Forest East (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Tatmarsh House Boys Hostel, 2 Gladstone Avnue, Loughborough (CC)
- Charnwood House Nursery for Physically Disabled Children, Brand Hill, Woodhouse Eaves, Loughborough (WS)
- Loughborough Union Home, Meadow Lane, Loughborough* (PL)
- MountSt Bernard's Reformatory for Roman Catholic Boys, Whitwick, near Coalville, Loughborough (Rfy)
- Leicestershire Council Home, 49 Crescent Road, Lutterworth (CC)
- Leicestershire Council The Poplars, Leicester Road, Market Harborough (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, Rose Hill, Market Harborough (CC)
- The Elms Training School, Leicester Road, Market Harborough (AS)
- Montefiore House School for Jewish Girls, The Elms, Leicester Road, Market Harborough (AS)
- Melton Mowbray Union / Leicestershire Council Home, Brookfield House, 1 Snow Hill, Melton Mowbray* (PL/CC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, 42 St Mary's Road, Sileby (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, Sileby Hall, Sileby (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, The Manor House, Syston (CC)
- Leicester Council Home, 84 Station Road, Wigston (BC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, 84 Station Road, Wigston (CC)
- Leicestershire Council Home, Hemp Pit Hill House, Woodhouse Eaves (CC)
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