Sunderland Street, Cottage Homes

Sunderland Street, Cottage Homes

HER Number
15962
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Sunderland Street, Cottage Homes
Place
Houghton-le-Spring
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
Class
Health and Welfare
Site Type: Broad
Childrens Home
Site Type: Specific
Childrens Home
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
Children's Home for orphans who had lost their parents in World War Two. 12 boys and 12 girls lived there in the 1940s. The boys and girls were looked after by a 'mother' and the home was run by a matron. Next to the children's home was a farm, a piggery, laundry and a hospital (the workhouse HER 6055). To the west was Stocksfield Terrace. To the south was the Lake (HER 7851). Presumably the home was demolished to make way for the A690 and Hillside Way.
Easting
434240
Northing
550000
Grid Reference
NZ434240550000
Sources
Paul Lanagan, 2011, The Cottage Homes - Memories from Luke Daglish 1943-1951, www.houghtonlespring.org.uk/articles/houghtonlespringmem6.htm