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« on: Wednesday 19 February 20 18:04 GMT (UK) »
I checked out the index of items held relating to the Wellesley school. Lots of financial stuff and loads too recent to be available to the public but the registers held are -
NRO 7146/3/1 1888 - 1921 Register of Boys at Greens Home Industrial School, South Shields ( a branch of HMS Wellesley) for boys up to age 12 . After that they would be transferred to Wellesley for training in seamanship.
The register contains - name, age, date of admission, home town, charge, term at the school, date of discharge, the Board of Guardians to be charged for maintenance and who ordered the admission
NRO 7146/3/2 1868 - 1939 Register of boys at HMS Wellesley
The register contains - name, age, date of admission, home town, charge, term at the school, date of discharge, the Board of Guardians to be charged for maintenance and who ordered the admission
I didn’t look at the registers because it seems to me from the content that the entries would all relate to boys with some kind of ‘criminal’ record and this would not apply to a lad from an orphanage but I’m happy to look next week if you think it would be worth it.
Christine