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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
Moore’s (Cambridge) Ltd precision engineers
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