How to use this site

 

Since it began, this site has just grown and grown and grown which means that it can be a bit tricky to find your way around. Hopefully this quick guide will help...

 

 

 

 FINDING A SPECIFIC HOME 

 

Most children's homes, have an individual page. Others are llisted on pages with loads of other children's homes.

 

So the best way to start if you are looking for a specific home, is to do a search of the site.

Custom Search

 FINDING A SPECIFIC TYPE OF HOME 

 

Some homes are grouped into types or locations or periods of time:

 

 CONVALESCENT HOMES 

 

 OPEN AIR SCHOOLS 

 

 

 

 our guide to types of homes 

 

As many children in children's homes went to National Schools, we have guide to those too: 

 

 NATIONAL SCHOOLS 

 

 

Children's homes by location:

 

 SCOTLAND 

 

 MANCHESTER 

 

 BIRMINGHAM 

 

 NORTH DEVON 

 

 

Victorian children's homes by date:

 

 1891 

 

 1901 

 

 1911 

 

 

 

 

Or you can explore a particular issue:

 

 Accessing records 

 

 Historic abuse 

 

 Looking for family 

 

 Looking for photographs 

 

 Child migration