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Barnardos Stepney Causeway - Home & HospitalA view across railway lines of the Barnardos Boys Home (left) and Hospital, Stepney Causeway, East London. Date: early 1900s
Good Templar Orphanage, SunburyChildren play on Maypole swings at the Good Templar Orphanage, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex
Manchester Warehousemen Orphan Schools, Cheadle HulmeThe Manchester Warehousemen Orphan Schools, on Claremont Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire. The school was founded in 1855 by a group of Manchester businessmen to care for and educate orphans
Spurgeons Homes, BirchingtonAerial view of the distinctive zig-zag layout of Spurgeons Homes, Birchington, Kent. The Homes were originally based at Stockwell
Barnardo Evacuees at Comlongon Castle, DumfriesA group of Barnardos sit on a wall at Comlongon Castle, Dumfries. The property was used a an evacuation home during the Second World War. Date: circa 1942
Locomotive Pacific, Southern Miniature Railway, Woking, EnLocomotive Pacific, Southern Miniature Railway, Woking, Surrey, England. Run for the Benefit of the Southern Railway Servants Orphanage. Date: 1920s
Gracie Fields Home and Orphanage, Peacehaven, SussexChildren and staff stand in front of the orphanage and childrens home at Peacehaven in East Sussex. The home was opened in 1933 by the singing star Gracie Fields to care for the children of parents
Orphan Asylum, Wolverhampton, West MidlandsA view of the Wolverhampton Orphan Asylum in the West Midlands. Designed by Joseph Manning, the orphanage opened in 1854 on Penn Road at Goldthorn Hill. The building is now known as the Royal School
Crossley and Porter Orphanage, Halifax, West YorkshireHalifaxs Crossley Orphanage was founded in 1864 by Joseph, John and Francis Crossley. The building was designed by John Hogg
Boys Band, Hull Sailors OrphanageBoys naval band at the Hull Sailors Orphanage, also known as Newland Homes. The Homes, a cottage homes development, were established in 1895 by a charity originally called The Port of Hull Society
August Hermann FranckeAUGUST HERMANN FRANCKE German Lutheran divine, founder of an orphanage Date: 1663 - 1727
St Mary in the Fields Childrens Colony, Mayfield, SussexInmates of the St Mary in the Fields Childrens Colony, Mayfield, Sussex Date: circa 1924
St Martins Waifs and Strays Home, Surbiton - PlaygroundSt Martins Waifs and Strays Society Home, Surbiton. Boys play on a swing, while another holds a cat
Royal Female Orphanage, Beddington, SurreyA view of the Royal Female Orphanage, Beddington. Date: circa 1912
London & South Western Railway Servants Orphanage, WokingGeneral view of the main building of the London & South Western Railway Servants Orphanage at Woking, Surrey. The orphanage was founded in 1885 in Clapham, south west London
Gyde Orphanage, Painswick, GloucestershireThe Gyde Orphanage was founded by a legacy from Edwin Francis Gyde. It was later taken over by the National Childrens Home (NCH). Date: circa 1920
Christiana Hartley Maternity Home, Colne, LancashireThe Christiana Hartley Maternity Home, Colne, opened in 1927 in premises of former Jubilee Cottage Hospital
St Edwards Orphanage, Liverpool - Boys bandSt Edwards Orphanage, Broad Green, Liverpool - the boys band pose with their instruments
Glasgow Municipal Tenement PlanLayout plan of a Glasgow Municipal Tenement. Date: 1896
Ravelrig Barnardos Home, Balerno, EdinburghA view of the Ravelrig Barnardos Home, Balerno, near Edinburgh
National Childrens Home (NCH), Alverstoke - Aerial viewNational Childrens Home (NCH), Alverstoke, Hampshire. Aerial view showing the boundary of the homes site. Date: July 1939
India - Shimla - Mayo Orphanage. The main building of the college was constructed in 1869 as Himalayan Christian Orphanage
Balmoral Industrial School, BelfastA view of the Balmoral Industrial School for Protestant Boys, Belfast Date: 1899
National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden - Aerial viewNational Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. Aerial view
Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, RenfrewshireAerial view of the Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. The Homes, laid out as a village of cottage homes, were opened in 1878 by William Quarrier
Dining Hall, Reedham Orphanage, Purley, SurreyThe dining hall at the Reedham Orphanage, Old Lodge Lane, Purley, Surrey. It was founded by the Rev Dr Andrew Reed, a Congregational Minister
Dining Hall, Alexandra Orphanage, Haverstock Hill, LondonThe dining hall of the Alexandra Orphanage on Maitland Park Road, Haverstock Hill, North London. Sausages appear to be the dish of the day
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Swimming BathJosiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - girls in the homes swimming pool. Date: circa 1930s
Wilpshire Orphanage, Blackburn, LancashireChildren, including one on a pony, stand outside the Blackburn and Orphanage at Wilpshire, near Blackburn. Date: Date unknown
Duke of York at Countesthorpe Cottage Homes, LeicesterThe Duke of York pays a visit to the Countesthorpe Cottage Homes, Leicester - 24th November 1921. The homes provided accommodation for pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1921
Snaresbrook Royal Merchant Seamens Orphanage InfirmaryA view of the infirmary building at the Merchant Seamens Orphanage, Snaresbrook, North London. Date: circa 1910
Kilburn Orphanage of the Infant SaviourA group photo of the residents of the Kilburn Orphanage of the Infant Saviour. Date: Early 1900s
St Edwards Orphanage, Liverpool - CarpentrySt Edwards Orphanage, Broad Green, Liverpool - manual instruction room. Boys at work benches with tools
Pickering Garth Waifs and Strays Home, HullChildren and staff outside the Pickering Garth Waifs and Strays Home, Hull
Home for Motherless Children, Eric House, Mattock Lane, Ealing
Castle Milk, LockerbieCastle Milk, near Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. The house was one of several in the area used by Barnardos as an evacuation home during the Second World War
Harris Orphanage, Preston, LancashireThe Harris Orphanage at Fulwood, Preston. The orphanage, which opened in 1888, was founded as a result of a bequest by local solicitor Edmund Robert Harris. Date: Circa 1905
Edinburgh Industrial School, Liberton, GardeningInmates gardening at Dr Guthries Original Industrial School for Boys, Liberton, Edinburgh. Date: circa 1899
Waifs and Strays Society Home, Sunny Side, Frome, SomersetBoys and staff outside the Home for Boys, at Sunny Side (or Sunnyside), Frome, opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1887. Date: circa 1893
Ashwicke Hall, Marshfield, Gloucesterhire. From 1948, the premises served as St Josephs Approved School for Roman Catholic Girls
St Marks Home, Natland, KendalSt Marks Waifs and Strays Home at Natland, near Kendal
National Childrens Home and Orphanage, South Coast BranchChildren and staff at the National Childrens Home and Orphanage, South Coast Branch, Alverstoke, Hampshire Date: Date unknown
General Store at Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of WeirThe general store at the Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Jars of sweets feature prominently on its shelves
Children at Play, Hull Sailors OrphanageChildren playing at the Hull Sailors Orphanage, also known as Newland Homes. The boys are in naval uniform. A gardener mows the grass
Laundry at National Childrens Home, Harpenden, HertsGirls iron and fold clean washing in the laundry at the National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Moses Montefiore / QuiverSIR MOSES MONTEFIORE British Jewish philanthropist, born in Italy, visiting an orphanage in Thanet
Childrens Convalescent Home, Wilby, NorthantsStaff in the grounds of the Childrens Convalescent Home, Wilby, near Wellingborough, Northamptonshire Date: Date unknown
Barnardos Fire Drill, Woodford BridgeA boy is carried down a ladder during a fire drill at the Barnardos boys home at Woodford Bridge, Essex. Date: Date unknown