Countesthorpe Cottage Homes and School, Countesthorpe, Leicestershire

From around the early 1900s children whose parents could not support them lived in cottage homes. They were given a basic education; boys were taught a trade and girls were trained to be servants. They were generally found jobs when they left.

Location

Leicestershire Countesthorpe

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Themes

Tags

poor law relief poverty workhouse welfare institution