The Industrial Schools Acts of 1837 and subsequently, laid down the circumstances for admission as Child under 14 found begging, wandering homeless with no means of support, associating with known criminals, under 12 and committing a crime carrying the penalty of imprisonment, or a 14yr old being declared out of control by a parent willing to pay for their board.
My sister in law's grandfather Theodore Boston 12 is there with his brother in 1901 but I can't find them in 1891 either. He changed his name before he joined the Royal Navy and got married.
