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District Holy Cross Home, Haywards HeatH
« on: Wednesday 08 March 06 21:24 GMT (UK) »

does anyone know anything about The Holy cross Home? was it a childrens home? on the census the children are classed as inmates.i have found three children who i thimk are from the same family , their parents and 1 younger sister ae living in westminster and the father has work so i am wondering why the 3 girls aged 6,7 and 13 may be here.

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Re: District Holy Cross Home, Haywards HeatH
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 08 March 06 21:46 GMT (UK) »

Can you quote their name and the census details? I always thought it was a convent. Will check it out further when you let us have the details.
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Re: District Holy Cross Home, Haywards HeatH
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 08 March 06 21:51 GMT (UK) »

alice laughlin born barham suffolk age 13
bessie laughlin born clayton hill suffolk age 6
gladys emily laughlin born clayton hill suffolk age 7,
any info would be useful as it just seems a bit of a mystery
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Re: District Holy Cross Home, Haywards HeatH
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 09 March 06 07:25 GMT (UK) »

What year are we talking about? My husband thinks Holy Cross was a convent combined with a girls' school which is probably your answer but I will check further when I can.
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Re: District Holy Cross Home, Haywards HeatH
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 09 March 06 07:30 GMT (UK) »

I googled it and got
http://www.guild-of-st-raphael.org.uk/Prayer%20Requests.htm
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Re: District Holy Cross Home, Haywards HeatH
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 09 March 06 11:10 GMT (UK) »

yes sorry about lack of date it was the 1901 census i tried to add it yesterday but i kept getting n error message, so tried sending you a message and still got error message.must be doing something wrong but not sure what.........thanks for that info will look at the web-site
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Re: District Holy Cross Home, Haywards HeatH
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 12 March 06 18:25 GMT (UK) »

I have now looked at the 1901 census. Unfortunately it does not say what it is but the nuns are all called "officers" and Sisters of Mercy. The girls - who vary in age from 26 to 6 - are described as "inmates". That does not sound like a school - more like a workhouse! I suspect the refuge idea on that web site is the correct one. I wonder if their records are at Lewes Record Office?
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Re: District Holy Cross Home, Haywards HeatH
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 12 March 06 19:07 GMT (UK) »

Hi

Looking at the ESRO site, the only registers they hold for Haywards Heath which is in West Sussex are

Perrymount Road Wesleyan Methodist
Baptisms 1900-1957+; Marriages 1900-1968+

St Francis Hospital (Lunatic Asylum)
Deaths 1907-1951 (HC), Burials 1860-1953 (HC)

St Wilfrid Baptisms
Indexed 1865-1876, Marriages 1866-1876,

Sussex Road Primitive Methodist
Baptisms 1877-1957+, Marriages 1900-1953+, 1954-1986.

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Re: District Holy Cross Home, Haywards HeatH
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 12 March 06 19:19 GMT (UK) »

i managed to look at the front page of the enumeration book, (my ancestry has just run out and i'm not going to renew until i have loads to look up
:-)..any way the description is 'For the Training of Young Servants'....sounds a bit like a home/refuge for girls but training servants from the age of 6..........poor things........anyway looks like thats all the info i'll get till the 1911 comes out
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Re: District Holy Cross Home, Haywards HeatH
« Reply #9 on: Monday 23 October 06 11:53 BST (UK) »

This sounds like the Convent of the Holy Cross in Bolnore Road Haywards Heath. which was opened in 1887 by an order of nuns that moved down from London. It included an Orphanage of up to 60 children from infancy to 18 when they left to go into service. the orphanage closed in 1926. The convent closed in 1980 but the order still exists in Nottingshire. My Great Grandfather George Nichols moved down from London with the convent and the Nichols family worked for them for 5 generations My Great Grandmother Sarah was Matron of the Orphanage. Hope the attached photos will be of Dennis Nichols

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Re: District Holy Cross Home, Haywards HeatH
« Reply #10 on: Monday 23 October 06 20:34 BST (UK) »

thanks for that info i will print the photos to put in with my 'stuff' ................it looks like girls were prob well looked after...........

and then i'll be checking the 1911 to see what became of them.............only 5more years Grin


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