159 (185), Rock End, Histon Road

History of Rock End

It was also known as 185 Histon Road

1897

Dr Barnardo’s Training Home opened. It originally accommodated seven girls. It was a ‘Preventative and Training Home’ for older girls.

1901

Margaret A Jeffrey, 28, superintendent Dr Barnardo’s home, b London

Lily Knight, assistant matron, 23, b Kent

Clara Howlet, assistant matron, 29, b Norfolk

Alice Delves, 21, laundress, b London

Kate de Pellitt, 19, sewing maid, b Lancs

Emily Couch, 17, inmate, b London Blackfriars

May Taylor, 17, inmate, b Yarmouth Norfolk

Laura Pugh, 18, inmate, b Culmington Salop

Clara Elderton, 17, inmate, b Portsmouth Hants

Elizabeth Whisker, 16, inmate, b Scarborough Yorks

Florence Hodgeson, 19, inmate, b Scarborough Yors, feeble-minded

Rose Ingram, 17, inmate, b Quainton Bucks

Emily Reia, 15, inmate, b Saffron Walden Essex

Annie Brooks, 15, inmate, b Glass Houghton Yorks

Sarah May, 15, inmate, b Dimchurch Kent

Clara Hughes, 14, inmate, b Newhall Staffs

Florence Green, 17, inmate, b Banbury Oxford, feeble-minded

Sarah Little, 16, inmate, b Ireland

Lily Guest, 14, inmate, b Birmingham

Sarah Wildman, 14, inmate, b Burton Staffs

Rose Stevens, 14, inmate, b Newhaven Sussex

Elsie Goves, 15, inmate, b Stoborough Dorset

Mary Perry, 16, inmate, b Coleford Gloucs

Ellen Beamant, 15, inmate, b Bermondsey London

Jane Crow, 15, inmate, b Gateshead Durham

Frances Moore, 18, inmate, b Devonport Devon

Mary A Lambourne, 15, inmate, b Birmingham

1913 Rock End

Dr Barnardo’s Girls’ Training Home, Rock End

Miss Annie Lewis, superintendent

1935

not listed

1962 (159)

Albert E Butler

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