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Thanks Tim. Both those articles were very interesting.

P.S. My website is http://www.lewishamchildren.org.uk

Hi,

I know of the following children's homes and orphanages in Lewisham or nearby during the period 1880-1940:

Guy’s Hospital Children’s Home
Henry Toye's Orphanage
All Saints Boys Orphanage
Passmore Edwards Teacher's Orphanage
Montague House Boys' Orphanage, Blackheath
East London Industrial ...

Thanks Reg.

It doesn't sound like a great place for a family to be living!

The address of my great grandparents is given as "Borough Council Yard top of Maddin Road" on the 1901 census.

The ordering is:

32 Maddin Road
34 Maddin Road
Borough Council Yard top of Maddin Road
35 Maddin Road
33 Maddin Road

My great grandparents and their 5 children are the only family living ...