10 cecil square, margate 1901

[pompey welsh]

hi, does anybody know what this would of been, on the census it has girls on it ranging from7 to 14, and a matron as head all the girls are marked as visitors.
thanks.

[toby webb]

Hi
Cecil Square is just to be seen at the top of the 25 inch map
Co Kent ( Eastern Div.) Sheet XXV.5 of 1874. On this sheet , near Cecil Sq. is to be seen " Home for Motherless Children". The sheet above Sheet XXV.5 will show more of Cecil Sq and perhaps something like " Home for Motherless Children".
Good luck, Toby.

[pompey welsh]

would it of been just for girls then?

[casalguidi]

I found this .......

"One Home that accepted the very poor was the Ragged Schools Union Cripple Holiday Home at 10 Cecil Square, Margate. The home was a branch of the Shaftesbury Society"

http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/Isle-of-Thanet/2005-02/1107453743

Casalguidi

[grandarog]

Hi PW,
    This link might help you !
                                           Rog
http://library.queensu.ca/inforef/microfilm/shaftesbury1.htm