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Please help with the upkeep of this web site we need your memories and old photos of your time in care. If your old home is not listed and you have a photo and relevant information please send via email for inclusion.
Dr. Barnardo’s opened hundreds of children’s homes across the UK from Thomas Barnardo’s day until the 1970’s. During World War II the government required owners of large buildings, in particular stately homes, to use their buildings for the war effort. Some became hospitals for the war wounded, others centres of Allied operations, whilst others offered their homes for orphanages. Lots of Dr. Barnardo children were evacuated to these large stately homes in the country, away from the nightly bombing raids. I have listed the homes I found information even though they were returned to the owner after the war as for some these were the only Dr. Barnardo home they knew.
Today Barnardo's don’t run orphanages or children’s homes. This is a directory of all the homes that are listed for England and what happened to them. Click on any name for a photo and some information, those that are in bold print have further information or memories added of the old Home, some have a link to a web site.
Most of the photographs listed were taken in 1956 in black and white, presumably to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the Dr. Barnardo Homes. Some of the photos have been scanned from old magazines so the quality of some of the photographs are poor. The most important thing is you send some background information on your old home, please click here and just add your memories or photos. DO YOU KNOW OF ANY MORE OLD HOMES? or can you add to this archive. Where did we get the information? The Barnardo's web site and information from books and magazines click here to view the list if you have some old copies of the BGM that are no longer wanted, Please let us have them.
We did manage to find some more photographs of our old wartime homes, though, alas, there are still some homes that we cannot feature as no photographs can be found. To name a few: Langford Cross (or Grove), perhaps somewhere in Essex though information is rather vague; Hillcott, Nutfield Road, Merstham, Surrey and not forgetting Wangford Hall, Brandon, Suffolk. Perhaps some of our readers might have a photograph that we could borrow, to have a copy done for our records?
Most of these homes are listed in Childhood Memories a photographic history of Dr Barnardo's. Where listed it will be referenced with the page number, then photo plate number (still to be done) information mainly from the 1964 classified list of Branch Homes which was sorted by County.
Dr Barnardo Home name |
ADDRESS |
CITY / Town |
COUNTY |
DATES |
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17 Cardington Road |
Bedford |
Bedfordshire |
1928-1973 |
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Wiltshire Road |
Wokingham |
Berkshire |
1946-Open |
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Drift Road, Winkfield |
Windsor Forest |
Berkshire |
1942-1956 |
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Frilford Heath |
Abingdon |
Berkshire |
1945-1970 |
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1 to 4 Redlands Road |
Reading |
Berkshire |
1946-1949 |
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Caldecott Road |
Abingdon |
Berkshire |
1945-1971 |
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Black Pond Lane |
Farnham Royal |
Buckinghamshire |
1952-1957 |
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Great Hampden |
Great Missenden |
Buckinghamshire |
1942-1946 |
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Pampisford |
Cambridgeshire |
1939-1940 |
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Cambridge |
Cambridgeshire |
1952-1971 |
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Gorey |
Jersey |
Channel Isles |
1879-1938 |
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Filkins Lane |
Chester |
Cheshire |
1971-1982 |
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Dibbinsdale |
Bromborough |
Cheshire |
1937-1962 |
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Washington |
Co. Durham |
1889-1946 |
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Holbrook |
Nr. Derby |
1945-1977 |
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Morley |
Nr. Derby |
1958-Open |
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Exeter |
Devon |
1894-1929 |
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Topsham Road |
Exeter |
Devon |
1929-1942 |
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Mutley |
Plymouth |
Devon |
1970-1981 |
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Dawlish |
Devon |
1947-1948 |
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2 Decoy Road |
Newton Abbot |
Devon |
1962-1972 |
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Mutley |
Plymouth |
Devon |
1970-1981 |
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13 Springhilll Green, Pennycross, |
Plymouth |
Devon |
1962-1979 |
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Barley Lane Dunsford Hill |
Exeter |
Devon |
1945-1970 |
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12 St Peter Road |
Parkstone |
Dorset |
1939-1951 |
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Parkstone |
Dorset |
1951-1964 |
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| Russell-coats Nautical school | Parkstone | Dorset | 1919-1951 | |
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Thorngrove Common, Mead Lane |
Gillingham |
Dorset |
1948-1964 |
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Holburn Lane |
Ryton Tyneside |
Durham |
1978-1985 |
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Shotley Bridge |
Consett |
Durham |
1875-1986 |
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| Mossford Lodge | Cranbrook Road, Barkingside | Ilford | Essex | 1874-1875 |
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Civic Way, Barkingside |
Ilford |
Essex |
1975-1992 |
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TVG Barkingside |
Ilford |
Essex |
1911-1972 |
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| Australasian Medical Unit | Tanners Lane, Barkingside | Ilford | Essex | 1972-1975 |
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Horns Road, Barkingside |
Ilford |
Essex |
1876-1939 |
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| The Village Home | Horns Road, Barkingside | Ilford | Essex | 1945-1991 |
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32 Southwood Gardens |
Gants Hill Ilford |
Essex |
1941-1973 |
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Layer de la Haye |
Woodford Bridge |
Essex |
1939-1940 |
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Woodford Bridge |
Essex |
1909-1977 |
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Garden City |
Woodford Bridge |
Essex |
1919-1949 |
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Garden City |
Woodford Bridge |
Essex |
1973-1986 |
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Garden City |
Woodford Bridge |
Essex |
1923-1975 |
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Garden City |
Woodford Bridge |
Essex |
1951-1957 |
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Roding Lane North |
Woodford Bridge |
Essex |
1957-1971 |
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Stanway |
Nr Colchester |
Essex |
1945-1981 |
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67 Wash Lane |
Clacton on Sea |
Essex |
1961-1981 |
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225 Old Road |
Clacton on Sea |
Essex |
1947-1981 |
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Wickham Bishops |
Witham |
Essex |
1940-1945 |
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115 High Garrett |
Nr Braintree |
Essex |
1946-1981 |
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Thaxted |
Essex |
1939-1945 |
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Little Bardfield |
Essex |
1940-1945 |
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Upshirebury |
Waltham Abbey |
Essex |
1941-1947 |
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Springfield Road |
Chelmsford |
Essex |
1940-1940 |
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West Street |
Coggeshall |
Essex |
1939-1951 |
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Kelvedon |
Coggeshall |
Essex |
1940-1969 |
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Kelvedon Road |
Colchester |
Essex |
1952-1974 |
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Waltham Abbey |
Essex |
1928-1975 |
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Hazelwood Road |
Stoke Bishop Bristol |
Gloucestershire |
1948-1970 |
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Cheltenham |
Gloucestershire |
1945-1964 |
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Upper Hatherley |
Cheltenham |
Gloucestershire |
1950-1978 |
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Bank |
Lyndhurst |
Hampshire |
1943-1971 |
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Chawton |
Alton |
Hampshire |
1943-1947 |
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| Castle Malwood | Minstead | Hampshire | 1940-1945 | |
| Not Known | Wordsworth Road, Shirley | Southampton | Hampshire | 1903 - 19xx |
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7 Brookvale Road |
Southampton |
Hampshire |
1902-1973 |
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33 Regents Park Road |
Southampton |
Hampshire |
1902-1973 |
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| Barnardo’s School of Printing | William Baker House | Mead Lane Hertford | Hertfordshire | 1969-1991 |
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Hertford north |
Hertfordshire |
1921-1967 |
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| Bayfordbury Mansion | Bayfordbury Park | Hertford west | Hertfordshire | 19## - 1945 |
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19 Park Road |
Tunbridge Wells |
Kent |
1902-1939 |
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Hawkhurst |
Kent |
1884-1965 |
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9 to 11 Wear Bay Crescent |
Folkestone |
Kent |
1920-1966 |
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Bishopsbourne |
Canterbury |
Kent |
1946-1966 |
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The Park |
Sidcup |
Kent |
1948-1973 |
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Westerham |
Kent |
1947-1957 |
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Maidstone |
Kent |
1947-1981 |
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| Woodlands, Glen Iris | Close Street, Thomas Hill | Canterbury | Kent | 1946- 1971 |
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Maidstone |
Kent |
1943-1981 |
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16 Park Road |
Beckenham |
Kent |
1945-1964 |
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London Road |
Southborough |
Kent |
1939- |
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Pembury Road |
TunbridgeWells |
Kent |
1947-1976 |
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Sefton Park |
Liverpool |
Lancashire |
1937-1968 |
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Lytham St Annes |
Lancashire |
1973-1977 |
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110 to 112 Inglewhite Birch Green |
Skelmersdale |
Lancashire |
1976-1997 |
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Birkdale |
Lancashire |
1894-1945 |
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2 Beach Road |
Birkdale |
Lancashire |
1958-1981 |
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Glenfield |
Leicestershire |
1949-1991 |
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77 Downs Park Road |
Clapton |
London |
1908-1945 |
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49 High Street |
Clapham |
London |
1902-1933 |
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16 to 18 Tennison Road |
South Norwood |
London |
1966-1977 |
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7 to 8 Grove Crescent |
South Woodford |
London |
1944-1965 |
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| Ever Open Door | 10 Stepney Causeway | Stepney E1 | London | 1874-1939 |
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13 to 17 & 19 Stepney Causeway |
Stepney E1 |
London |
1888-1922 |
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18 to 26 Stepney Causeway |
Stepney E1 |
London |
1870-1967 |
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1 Bower Street |
Stepney E1 |
London |
1885-1949 |
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622 to 626 Commercial Road |
E1 |
London |
1882-1909 |
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199 Burdett Road |
Stepney E3 |
London |
1883-1912 |
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82 Goodwin Road |
E7 |
London |
1946-1968 |
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Limehouse |
Stepney E14 |
London |
1867-1876 |
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Hollybush Hill |
Snaresbrook |
London |
1945-1950 |
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Hollybush Hill |
Snaresbrook |
London |
1945-1964 |
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124 Kingsbury Road |
Hendon |
London |
1948-1951 |
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72 Westow Street |
Upper Norwood |
London |
1977- |
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Thetford |
Norfolk |
1940-1946 |
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Norwich |
Norfolk |
1940-1966 |
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50 Sale Road Heartsease Estate |
Norwich |
Norfolk |
1966-1971 |
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North Elmham |
Dereham |
Norfolk |
1903-1949 |
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| WATTS HOME | North Elmham | Dereham | Norfolk | 1950-1953 |
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111 Newmarket Road |
Norwich |
Norfolk |
1947-1967 |
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Thetford |
Norfolk |
1939-1940 |
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13 The Avenue |
Dallington |
Northampton |
1902-1970 |
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51 Scrogg Road |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
Northumberland |
1933-1965 |
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Allendale Road |
Hexham |
Northumberland |
1948-1982 |
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London Road |
Retford |
Nottinghamshire |
1956-1972 |
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| Inglewood | Wembley | Middlesex | 19**- 197 | |
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Pridham Lane, Tavistock Road |
Peverill |
Plymouth |
1934-1961 |
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Southfield Road |
Much Wenlock |
Shropshire |
1927-1979 |
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Lilleshall |
Newport |
Shropshire |
1940-1947 |
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Weston Rhyn |
Oswestry |
Shropshire |
1941-1980 |
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Bicton Heath |
Shrewsbury |
Shropshire |
1945-1977 |
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Porlock Weir |
Somerset |
1938-1950 |
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Templecombe |
Somerset |
1945-1972 |
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53 Middleway |
Taunton |
Somerset |
1966- |
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| Banshee House | Forton Road | Staffordshire | ||
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Walsall Wood Road |
Aldridge Nr Walsall |
Staffordshire |
1940-1988 |
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| Wangford Hall | Brandon | Suffolk | ||
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Bury St Edmunds |
Suffolk |
1939-1945 |
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Great Saxham |
Bury St Edmunds |
Suffolk |
1940-1946 |
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Undercliff Road |
Felixstowe |
Suffolk |
1925-1981 |
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Long Melford |
Sudbury |
Suffolk |
1947-1967 |
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333 Felixstowe Road |
Ipswich |
Suffolk |
1967-1981 |
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Newmarket |
Suffolk |
1939-1946 |
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Newmarket |
Suffolk |
1939-1945 |
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High Road |
Epsom |
Surrey |
1896-1918 |
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High Road |
Epsom |
Surrey |
1918-1937 |
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Gloucester Road |
Kingston upon Thames |
Surrey |
1933-1968 |
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Farncombe |
Godalming |
Surrey |
1947-1951 |
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Bunch Lane |
Haslemere |
Surrey |
1942-1973 |
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208 Pampisford Road |
South Croydon |
Surrey |
1949-1983 |
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Reigate Road |
Reigate |
Surrey |
1944-1974 |
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Eashing |
Godalming |
Surrey |
1946-1964 |
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Heathside Park Road |
Woking |
Surrey |
1948-1966 |
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Adsdean Park |
Chichester |
Sussex |
1940-1950 |
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Barcombe |
Nr Lewes |
Sussex |
1940-1971 |
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Church Road |
Crowborough |
Sussex |
1937-1957 |
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Vicarage Road |
Eastbourne |
Sussex |
1946-1971 |
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31 Dyke Road Avenue |
Hove |
Sussex |
1948-1962 |
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57 Clarendon Villas |
Hove |
Sussex |
1921-1952 |
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279 Dyke Road |
Hove |
Sussex |
1962-1971 |
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Stone Cross |
Crowborough |
Sussex |
1940-1980 |
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Ifield |
Crawley |
Sussex |
1943-1973 |
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Aldwick |
Bognor Regis |
Sussex |
1932-1977 |
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Silverhill Park |
St Leonards on Sea |
Sussex |
1938-1972 |
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| Ever open door | 78 Alcester Road | Moseley | Warwickshire | |
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Myton Gables |
Myton Road |
Warwickshire |
1957-1984 |
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53 to 55 Robin Hood Estate |
Shirley Solihull |
Warwickshire |
1966-1991 |
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Barrows Green |
Kendal |
Westmoreland |
1948-2002 |
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Hallow |
Worcestershire |
1947-1980 |
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Kempsey |
Nr Worcester. |
Worcestershire |
1940-1946 |
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Lower Comberton |
Kidderminster |
Worcestershire |
1946-1982 |
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125 Thorne Road |
Doncaster |
Yorkshire |
1962-1978 |
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Grand Parade Cullercoats |
North Shields |
Yorkshire |
1946-1953 |
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Beverley Road |
North Humberside |
Yorkshire |
1902-1951 |
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Hollins Hall, Hampsthwaite |
Harrogate |
Yorkshire |
1943-1999 |
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56 Morris Lane |
Leeds |
Yorkshire |
1946-1966 |
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Boroughbridge |
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Yorkshire |
1948-1963 |
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24 Kirkgate |
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Yorkshire |
1892-1939 |
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North Ormesby Middlesborough |
Cleveland |
Yorkshire |
1903-1939 |
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Ripley |
Harrogate |
Yorkshire |
1940-1944 |
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Wighill Lane |
Tadcaster |
Yorkshire |
1961- |
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1 Tewitt Well Road |
Harrogate |
Yorkshire |
1942- |
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Palace Road |
Ripon |
Yorkshire |
1940-1950 |
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Palace Road |
Ripon |
Yorkshire |
1940- |
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Palace Road |
Ripon |
Yorkshire |
1946-open |
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East Tanfield |
Ripon |
Yorkshire |
1940-1946 |
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Ripon |
Yorkshire |
1940-1947 |
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Kirkby Road |
Ripon |
Yorkshire |
1935-1978 |
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Pittsmoor Road |
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Yorkshire |
1903-1947 |
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Marske Mill Lane |
Saltburn |
Yorkshire |
1945-1969 |
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