Female Home, Stepney Green

[EHDD]

Louisa Nathan/Foley of 17, Grand Parade, Brighton, Sussex, widow who died on the 8 August 1918. In her Will she states as follows:- ‘I give devise and bequeath to the Treasurer or Secretary for the time being of the Female Home Stepney Green the sum of five pounds five shillings for the general purposes of such Institution and I request that my name be placed in the usual place in the said Home as Donor thereto…….’
Can anyone with a knowledge of this part of London clarify whether the Female Home Stepney Green was part of the Stepney Union Workhouse or as I suspect a private charity offering help to women who wished to avoid the harsh regime of the Workhouse or otherwise fell outside its remit?  I would also be interested to know whether the Charity was aimed at women in general or any specific group ie. the destitute, ‘the fallen,’ or the abused (‘battered wives’ and their children).


Helen

[dawnsh]

Hi Helen

Have you tried contacting the Local Archives section at Tower Hamlets?

http://www.ideastore.co.uk/en/articles/local_history

They may have a better knowledge of charitable organisations in the area.

Dawn

[EHDD]

Hi Dawn,

Thanks for this useful hint.

Helen