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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.
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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
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1913: Rock End
Dr Barnardo’s Girls’ Training Home, Rock End
Miss Annie Lewis, superintendent
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1935:
not listed
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1962: (159)
Albert E Butler
Moore’s (Cambridge) Ltd precision engineers
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