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Newport Market Army Bands School, Orpington, KentThe Newport Market Army Training School at Darrick Wood, Orpington, Kent. Date: circa 1927
Shaftesbury Homes, Bisley, Surrey - School ChapelChapel at Shaftesbury Homes School for Boys, Bisley. The gates were made by boys at the School. Date: 1930s
Nottingham Blue Coat SchoolsA view of the Nottingham Blue Coat Schools and some of its pupils. Date: circa 1905
Victoria Home for Invalid Children, MargateThe garden of the Victoria Home for Invalid Children. Several of the inmates, some with crutches or other walking aids, can be seen. Date: circa 1920
Street boys in ragsA group of street arabs, probably in London, dressed in ragged clothes and most of them barefoot. Date: circa 1900
Boys Band, St Edwards Orphanage, Thingwall, LiverpoolThe boys band pose with their instruments at St Edwards Orphanage, Thingwall, Liverpool. Two monks in their gowns flank the boys. Date: early 1900s
Seamens Orphanage, Spring Bank, HullThe Hull Seamens Asylum and Schools was opened in 1866 by the Hull Seamens General Orphan Society. The building was designed by T.H. Wyatt of London. Date: circa 1910
Hull Sailors Orphan Homes - Stratton HallThe Sailors Orphan Homes, Hull, also known as Newland Homes, established in 1895 by The Port of Hull Society. Children at a meal in Stratton Hall, the Homes assembly hall and dining room
Hull Sailors Orphan Homes - Children at Lodge and EntranceThe Sailors Orphan Homes, Hull, also known as Newland Homes, established in 1895 by The Port of Hull Society. The children, boys in sailor suits
Nazareth House, Cardonald, GlasgowBeds packed into a dormitory at the Nazareth House home, Cardonald, Glasgow. Date: circa 1920
Boleyn Castle, East Ham, EssexBoleyn Castle, East Ham. Tram lines are being laid in front of the building. Date: early 1900s
St Elizabeths House, Bullingham, HerefordSt Elizabeths House - a girls orphanage and school at Bullingham, near Hereford. Date: early 1900s
Aerial view, Quarriers Orphan Homes, Bridge of Weir, RenfreAerial view of the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir
Hospital, Quarriers Orphan Homes, Bridge of Weir, RenfrewshChildren play outside the Elise Hospital at the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir
Farningham Homes for Little Boys, Swanley, KentA view along the entrance drive at the Farningham Homes for Little Boys, Swanley, Kent Date: circa 1904
Manchester Ragged and Industrial Schools, Ardwick GreenA view of the Ragged and Certified Industrial Schools at Ardwick Green, Manchester Date: 1860s
St Anthonys Home for Roman Catholic Boys, Feltham, MiddlesToddlers at St Anthonys Home for Roman Catholic Boys, Feltham, Middlesex. Date: early 1900s
St Marys Home for Girls, Tudhoe, County Durham, also known as Tudhoe Orphanage. Date: circa 1906
St Annes Laundry Home, Yiewsley, MiddlesexSt Annes Laundry Home, Yiewsley, was aimed at the care of girls who were morally weak and unfit for service. Date: circa 1913
Royal Albert Orphanage, WorcesterThe frontage of the Royal Albert Orphanage, Worcester. A man and woman, presumably the superintendent and matron, stand at the entrance. Date: early 1900s
Picking flowers, Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, HA group of physically disabled children, one in a wheelchair, another with crutches, pick flowers in the Queen Alexandra Wood at the Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, Hampshire
Tadcaster Union Workhouse, West YorkshireTadcaster Union Workhouse, later The Beeches old peoples home. Date: circa 1930s
Aberlour Orphanage, Charlestown of Aberlour, MorayshireEast wing of the Aberlour Orphanage, Charlestown of Aberlour, Morayshire. It was one of Scotlands largest childrens homes. Date: 1930s
Wigan Union workhouse, LancashireGeneral view of Wigan Union workhouse. Tram line runs past front. Date: circa 1906
Greenwich Union Cottage Homes, Lamorbey, Sidcup, KentEntrance to The Hollies - the Greenwich & Deptford Unions cottage homes at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent, housing pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: circa 1913
Ongar Union Workhouse, Stanford Rivers, EssexGeneral view of Ongar Union Workhouse, Stanford Rivers. Date: early 1900s
Shepton Mallet Workhouse, SomersetGeneral view of Shepton Mallet Union Workhouse, Somerset, erected 1836 and designed by Jesse Gane. Date: early 1900s
Risbridge Union Workhouse, Kedington, SuffolkA view of the Risbridge Union Workhouse, Kedington. It was designed by J. F. Clark, of Newmarket. Date: early 1900s
Illustrated London News Christmas Number 1887Front cover of The Illustrated London News Christmas Number for 1887 with a lady decorating her house with garlands of greenery. Date: 1887
Father Hudsons Homes, Coleshill, Birmingham. A bird s-eye view with the main sections of the site labelled
Hartley Hospital & Homes, Colne, LancashireHartley Hospital & Homes, Colne, near Burnley, Lancashire, England. Private Hospital & Alms Houses Date: 1910s
Advert for Eccles caravans 1939The best caravan value ever offer. Never before has ECCLES luxury been offered at such low cost. Here is supreme comfort in a lavishly equipped home on wheels
Krupp family homes, Essen, GermanyKrupp family homes -- Alfred Krupps humble childhood home, and a somewhat grander family home, the Villa Hugel, both in Essen, Germany
Bomb damage, Marlow Road, East Ham, WW2Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage in Marlow Road, East Ham, London, 28 November 1944, with firefighters and rescue workers. Date: 1944
The Country House Season 1915 by Charles Robinson, WW1House party at Castle Bareacres coming down to dinner during the munitions season. A pastiche on the traditional, upper class house party of the pre-war era
Union Cottage Homes, Lanchester, County DurhamA view of the Union cottage homes at Lanchester opened in 1905 to house pauper children away from the workhouse. Some of the inmates can be seen in the grounds. Date: circa 1910
Father Hudsons Homes, Coleshill, WarwickshireAn aerial view of the Father Hudsons Homes for children at Coleshill. The homes comprised the St Edwards Boys Home, the St Joans Girls Home, two blocks of cottage homes and a hospital
Hatfield House as a military hospital, World War TwoHatfield House, ancestral home of the Cecils, as a military hospital in World War Two. The 4th Marquess of Salisbury offered its use
Elizabeth Rye Girls Home, TorontoThe Elizabeth Rye Girls Home, Toronto, one of six established in Canada by the Waifs and Strays Society as receiving homes for the children whose emigration from Britain it organised. Date: 1920s
Advert for Latona radiators 1933Perfect heating and economy. The Latona is the only efficient paraffin oil-heated portable, giving the comfort of central heating without the expense of installing costly piping. 1933
Temporary homes 1945During World War Two many houses were bombed, there were a shortage of homes for people after the war so temporary homes where quickly built
Brazil - Sao Paulo - Serpentarium of the Instituto Butantan, a Brazilian biomedical research centre affiliated to the Sao Paulo State Secretary of Health
Birds eye view of a village in Tyosen, South Korea. Date: circa 1906
Interior of a Dindi Village, Benin, West Africa - note the spherical clay container on the left - used for storing water. Date: circa 1908
Hopi Snake Priest entering Snake Kiva, Oraibi, Arizona, USAHopi Snake Priest entering The Snake Kiva (or Sacred Dwelling ), Oraibi, Arizona, USA. This is the depository for snakes collected during eight days prior to the ceremony
West Derby Union, Liverpool - Cottage Homes at FazakerleyChildrens houses at the cottage homes site opened by Liverpools West Derby Union at Fazakerley in 1889. The homes housed 650 pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1925
Goldie Leigh Childrens Cottage Homes, Bostall Woods, PlumstEntrance to the Woolwich Unions Goldie Leigh cottage homes at Bostall Heath, Plumstead, erected in 1899 to house pauper children away from the workhouse
GLC-LFB Aftermath of fatal fire in care home, NE LondonAftermath of a fatal fire at an elderly peoples care home in Billet Road, Walthamstow, NE London. Showing the seat of the fire, with heat damage and smoke staining to the upper areas of the walls