Near the end of the 19th Century, it was decided that keeping children in the workhouse with adults was no longer desirable. To this end, the Board of Guardians in Birmingham decided to build cottage homes following the model used at the 'Home for Little Boys' in Farningham, Kent.
Building was finished in late 1879 when the Marston Green Cottage Homes comprised of 14 cottages (seven for girls and seven for boys), each of which could house 30 children. There was also a house for the superintendent; a school for 420 children; an infirmary; stores, workshops and a bakery and a swimming pool. Children were transferred into this 'mini village' from January 1880.
There were strict limits on the visits that parents and other relatives could make to all the cottage homes. In 1912, for example, visiting days at Marston Green were restricted to the third Wednesday of each of the months of January, April, June and October.
As far as I have found children who died in the Home were buried at St Peter's Church in Coleshill. About 30 children died between 1880 and 1910.
The home was closed in 1933.
Building was finished in late 1879 when the Marston Green Cottage Homes comprised of 14 cottages (seven for girls and seven for boys), each of which could house 30 children. There was also a house for the superintendent; a school for 420 children; an infirmary; stores, workshops and a bakery and a swimming pool. Children were transferred into this 'mini village' from January 1880.
There were strict limits on the visits that parents and other relatives could make to all the cottage homes. In 1912, for example, visiting days at Marston Green were restricted to the third Wednesday of each of the months of January, April, June and October.
As far as I have found children who died in the Home were buried at St Peter's Church in Coleshill. About 30 children died between 1880 and 1910.
The home was closed in 1933.
Near the end of the 19th Century, it was decided that keeping children in the workhouse with adults was no longer desirable. To this end, the Board of Guardians in Birmingham decided to build cottage homes following the model used at the 'Home for Little Boys' in Farningham, Kent.
Building was finished in late 1879 when the Marston Green Cottage Homes comprised of 14 cottages (seven for girls and seven for boys), each of which could house 30 children. There was also a house for the superintendent; a school for 420 children; an infirmary; stores, workshops and a bakery and a swimming pool. Children were transferred into this 'mini village' from January 1880.
There were strict limits on the visits that parents and other relatives could make to all the cottage homes. In 1912, for example, visiting days at Marston Green were restricted to the third Wednesday of each of the months of January, April, June and October.
As far as I have found children who died in the Home were buried at St Peter's Church in Coleshill. About 30 children died between 1880 and 1910.
The home was closed in 1933.
Building was finished in late 1879 when the Marston Green Cottage Homes comprised of 14 cottages (seven for girls and seven for boys), each of which could house 30 children. There was also a house for the superintendent; a school for 420 children; an infirmary; stores, workshops and a bakery and a swimming pool. Children were transferred into this 'mini village' from January 1880.
There were strict limits on the visits that parents and other relatives could make to all the cottage homes. In 1912, for example, visiting days at Marston Green were restricted to the third Wednesday of each of the months of January, April, June and October.
As far as I have found children who died in the Home were buried at St Peter's Church in Coleshill. About 30 children died between 1880 and 1910.
The home was closed in 1933.
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