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michael2

michael2 Report 11 May 2008 21:57

shelly this is great info thank you have copied it for future ref. michael

Dame*Shelly*(

Dame*Shelly*("\(*o*)/") Report 7 May 2008 22:17

nuge for yorkie thay have lost all there bookmarks

Dame*Shelly*(

Dame*Shelly*("\(*o*)/") Report 1 May 2008 21:57

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Dame*Shelly*(

Dame*Shelly*("\(*o*)/") Report 29 Apr 2008 17:14

madeline have you tryed this link http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/institute.html#convents

there is lowed more stuff to

shelly

Madeline

Madeline Report 29 Apr 2008 15:55

has anyone ever heard of St. Cyprians home of mercy institute? my gr. grandmother is listed as being there in the census records but I cannot find any reference to it on the net. any thoughts?

Madeline

Jane

Jane Report 29 Apr 2008 09:36

well done shelly fab work.
:~))

Dame*Shelly*(

Dame*Shelly*("\(*o*)/") Report 29 Apr 2008 09:20

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maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 28 Apr 2008 22:24

Thank you, Shelly,
I need to find out which Asylum my g grandad deposited his first wife in!!!!

maggie

Carter

Carter Report 28 Apr 2008 20:54

good one shelly great stuff thanks
linda x

Dame*Shelly*(

Dame*Shelly*("\(*o*)/") Report 28 Apr 2008 20:50

snowdrop did you get the link

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/institute.html#convents

lots more in the sit

**Snowdrop**

**Snowdrop** Report 28 Apr 2008 20:44

Keeping this nudged, it is too good to lose.

Dame*Shelly*(

Dame*Shelly*("\(*o*)/") Report 28 Apr 2008 19:15

Refuge for Homeless & Destitute Girls, St George Bloomsbury, ST GILES [1861]
Royal Female Philathropic Society, LAMBETH [1861]
Royal Patriotic School, Wandsworth, WANDSWORTH [1861]
Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum (Girls), Trinity Road, Wandsworth Common, S.W. London [1888]
Refuge for the Destitute, Hackney, HACKNEY [1861]
Sailors' Home, POPLAR [1861]
Sailors' Home, Aldgate, WHITECHAPEL [1861]
Samaritan Free, Manchester Square, W. London [1888]
School for the Indigent Blind, London Road, London Road, ST SAVIOUR SOUTHWARK [1881]
School for the Indigent Blind, London Road, ST GEORGE SOUTHWARK [1861]
School House Yard, Holy Trinity, LAMBETH [1862]
Sister's of Mercy, Osnaburgh Street, Regent's Park, PANCRAS [1861]
South London Institution for the Reception of Females, Gloucester Place, St Mary, NEWINGTON [1861]
St Ann's Society Schools, Streatham, WANDSWORTH [1861]
St James Westminster Industrial School, Battersea, WANDSWORTH [1861]
St John's House (Training Institution for Nurses), St Clement Danes, STRAND [1861]
St Joseph's Home for Children, Hammersmith, KENSINGTON [1861]
St Joseph's Retreat (a Roman Catholic Institution), Highgate Hill, Islington, ISLINGTON [1861]
St Judes Vicarage, Commercial Street, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
St Marys Vicarage, Church Passage, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
St Pauls School, Wellclose Square, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
St Pauls Vicarage, Dock Street, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
St Stephens Vicarage, Commercial Street, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Strangers' Home for Asiatics, Limehouse, STEPNEY [1861]
The Cripples' Home, Christchurch, MARYLEBONE [1861]
The House of Mercy, Union Place, Christchurch, MARYLEBONE [1861]
The London Society for Teaching the Blind to Read, Hampstead, HAMPSTEAD [1861]
The Society for Rescue of Young Women and Children, Hampstead, HAMPSTEAD [1861]
The Soldiers' Daughters' Home, Hampstead, HAMPSTEAD [1861]
The Training Refuge for Destitute Girls, Christchurch, MARYLEBONE [1861]
The Warehousemen and Clerks' Schools, Hatcham, St Paul Deptford, GREENWICH [1861]
Trewit Industrial House, South Hackney, HACKNEY [1861]
Trinity Asylum, Brixton, LAMBETH [1881]
Vicarage, St Marks Street, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Westmoreland Society School, Norwood, LAMBETH [1861]
Whitechapel Society's Schoolhouse, St Mary Street, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Yorkshire School, Westminster Road, ST GEORGE SOUTHWARK [1861]

Dame*Shelly*(

Dame*Shelly*("\(*o*)/") Report 28 Apr 2008 19:15

Other including Principal Charitable Institutions ~
Aged Pilgrim's Asylum, Crouch End, N. London [1888]
All Saints Home, 82 Margaret Street, All Souls, MARYLEBONE [1861]
All Saints' Institution, 127 Gower Street, W.C. London [1888]
All Saints School, Spicer Street, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
All Saints Schoolhouse, Spicer Street, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Asylum for Blind, Webber Row, London Road, ST SAVIOUR SOUTHWARK [1881]
Asylum for the Deaf & Dumb, Kent Road, ST GEORGE SOUTHWARK [1861]
Asylum for the Houseless Poor, Whitecross Street, ST LUKE [1861]
Asylum of the Good Shepherd, Hammersmith, KENSINGTON [1861]
Blind School, Southwark, S.E. London[1888]
Boy's Home, Euston Road, Camden Town, PANCRAS [1861]
Boys Industrial School, Commercial Street, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Boys Refuge & Industrial School, Commercial Street, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Boy's Refuge, Commercial Street, Whitechapel North, WHITECHAPEL [1861]
Boy's Refuge, St Giles South, ST GILES [1861]
British Asylum Deaf & Dumb Females, Red Lion Square, W.C. London [1888]
British Home for Incurables, Clapham Road, S.W. London [1888]
British Penitent Female Refuge, South Hackney, HACKNEY [1861]
Caledonian Asylum for Children, Islington, ISLINGTON [1861]
Children's Establishment, Limehouse, STEPNEY [1861]
Church Missionaries' Children's Home, Islington, ISLINGTON [1861]
City of London Freemen's Orphan School, Brixton, LAMBETH [1861]
Creche(The), Stepney, E. London [1888]
Deaf & Dumb Asylum, Old Kent Road, S.E. London [1888]
Deaf & Dumb Asylum, Old Kent Road, Kent Road, ST SAVIOUR SOUTHWARK [1881]
Destitute Sailor's Asylum, London Docks, E. London [1888]
Destitute Sailors' Asylum, Precinct of the Tower, Aldgate, WHITECHAPEL [1861]
Devanants School, Whitechapel Road, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Elizabeth Fry's Refuge, South Hackney, HACKNEY [1861]
Evelina, Southwark Bridge Road, S.E. London [1888]
Family Home (in connexion with the Rescue Society), Wandsworth, WANDSWORTH [1861]
Female Protection Society, 157 Marylebone Road, St Mary, MARYLEBONE [1861]
Field Lane Refuge, St Sepulchre, WEST LONDON [1861]
Fire Engine House, Church Lane, Whitechapel Road, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Fire Station, Church Lane, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Freemasons' Female School, Battersea, WANDSWORTH [1861]
Fulham Refuge, Fulham, KENSINGTON [1861]
Gas Works House, Worship Street, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Girls' Industrial Home, Stockwell Place, Kennington, LAMBETH [1861]
Girls' Laundry, Hampstead, HAMPSTEAD [1861]
Guardian Society's Asylum, Green, BETHNAL GREEN [1861]
Gun Makers Proof House, Church Lane, Whitechapel Road, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Hans Town School of Industry, Chelsea, CHELSEA [1861]
Home for Aged Poor (Nazareth House), Hammersmith, KENSINGTON
Home for Destitute Females, WEST LONDON [1861]
Home for Incurable Children, Maida Vale, W. London [1888]
Home for Incurable Women, New Ormond Street, W.C. London [1888]
House of Charity, St Anne Soho, STRAND [1861]
House of Occupation, St George's Road, ST GEORGE SOUTHWARK [1861]
Industrial Home for Outcast Boys, LAMBETH [1861]
Infant Poor House for Clerkenwell, Islington, ISLINGTON [1861]
Infant Poor House, Islington, ISLINGTON [1861]
Invalid Asylum for Females, Stoke Newington, HACKNEY [1861]
Jewish Free School, Bell Lane, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Jewish Infants School, Commercial Street, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Jews' Deaf & Dumb Institution, Notting Hill, N.W. London [1888]
Jews Infants School, Commercial Street, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
King Edward Schools, St Georges Road, London Road, ST SAVIOUR SOUTHWARK [1881]
King Edward's Refuge for Destitute Girls, Mile End New Town, WHITECHAPEL [1861]
King Edward's School (commonly called House of Occupation), St George's Road, ST GEORGE SOUTHWARK [1861]
Ladies' Invalid Establishment, Cavendish Square, MARYLEBONE [1861]
Licensed Victuallers' School, Kennington, LAMBETH [1861]
London Home for Females, Notting Hill, KENSINGTON
Mile End Old Town Industrial School, MILE END OLD TOWN [1861]
National Institution, 227 Gray's Inn Road, W.C. London [1888]
National Schoolhouse St Marks, Chamber Street, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
National Schoolhouse, Commercial Street, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Parochial Schoolhouse, Little Tower Hill, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Poplar & Stepney Asylum, Bromley, E. London [1888]
Ragged School, Chicksand Street, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Ragged School, Wentworth Street, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Raine's Asylum (for the maintenance and education of 40 girls, ST GEORGE IN THE EAST [1861]

Trevor

Trevor Report 28 Apr 2008 17:30

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Dame*Shelly*(

Dame*Shelly*("\(*o*)/") Report 28 Apr 2008 16:37

n for evening

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 28 Apr 2008 12:27

Shelly looks like this could be useful to keep and refer to when needed so thank you very much for adding it.

Ann
Glos

Dame*Shelly*(

Dame*Shelly*("\(*o*)/") Report 28 Apr 2008 11:04

there is to much info for me to put on here try this link see if works there is just lowed of stuff to look at

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/institute.html#convents

shelly

Dame*Shelly*(

Dame*Shelly*("\(*o*)/") Report 28 Apr 2008 11:00

Abbreviations Used On Census Returns
England & Wales 1841-1891

Ag. Lab. ~ Agricultural Labourer (1841-81 Census)

Ap. ~ Apprentice (1841-61 Census)

Army ~ Members of HM land forces of whatever rank (1841 Census)

Cl. ~ Clerk (1841-61 Census)

F.S. ~ Female Servant (1841 Census)

H.P. ~ Members of HM armed forces on half-pay (1841 Census)

Ind. ~ Independent - people living on their own means (1841 Census)

J. ~ Journeyman (1841 Census)

M. ~ Manufacturer (1841 Census)

m. ~ Maker - as in ‘Shoe m.’ (1841 Census)

M.S. ~ Male Servant (1841 Census)

Navy ~ Members of HM naval forces, including marines, of whatever rank (1841 Census)

P. ~ Pensioner in HM armed forces (1841 Census)

Rail. Lab. ~ Railway Labourer (1841 Census)

Serv. ~ Servant (1841 Census)

Sh. ~ Shopman (1841 Census)

shelly

*~~*Posh*~~*

*~~*Posh*~~* Report 28 Apr 2008 09:37

Well done Shelly...Very useful infomation. xx

Dame*Shelly*(

Dame*Shelly*("\(*o*)/") Report 28 Apr 2008 09:30

sue i dont know how to do sticky ill try

just so glad all think info mite be of grate help

shelly