childrens home 1700 1800

[anwyn]

can anyone give me some info on what happend to children that did not have parants years ago 1700-1800 were there childrens homes back then? thanks karen

 

[davelambert271]

Hi
This is one such organisation
www.hiddenlives.org.uk

dave

 

[leefer]

http://ourwardfamily.com/children_of_the_1800's.htm

Hello Anwyn...there wasnt really childrens homes as such back then..there were a few charitable organisations that helped in a small way...wealthy benefactors sometimes left money for helping children.
I lived in a home in the 70/80s...it was fairly strict even then.,but nothing like when they first opened mainly from the victorian era.
The Limes ware i lived has an old register gong back to the 1880s and the way kids were treated then was appalling....many were beaten for bed wetting and not allowed breakfast for the same reason...think the book is in the Wiltshire archives now......i was at the limes for 6 years and got to say i was abit of an urchin!

 

[leefer]

Hi
This is one such organisation
www.hiddenlives.org.uk

dave

Good site that Dave.

 

[davelambert271]

Good site that Dave.

Hi
The hidden Lives site blocks out identities, but if you like a challenge you can often find clues which enable you to trace the subject
dave

 

[leefer]

Its a good site with a big list of homes...will have a good gander later..

 

[anwyn]

http://ourwardfamily.com/children_of_the_1800's.htm

Hello Anwyn...there wasnt really childrens homes as such back then..there were a few charitable organisations that helped in a small way...wealthy benefactors sometimes left money for helping children.
I lived in a home in the 70/80s...it was fairly strict even then.,but nothing like when they first opened mainly from the victorian era.
The Limes ware i lived has an old register gong back to the 1880s and the way kids were treated then was appalling....many were beaten for bed wetting and not allowed breakfast for the same reason...think the book is in the Wiltshire archives now......i was at the limes for 6 years and got to say i was abit of an urchin!

thank you for the info that is very interesting

 

[anwyn]

Hi
This is one such organisation
www.hiddenlives.org.uk

dave

thanks for that i will have a look at that site