Catholic Children's Home, London?

[Sue from Southend]

I'm sure I've seen somewhere a list of Children's Homes in London but now I can't find it. :o

Can anyone give me a link to anything similar or have I imagined it?

I'm looking for a Catholic Children's Home possibly in the Paddington area circa 1930.

Many thanks

[Merry]

This isn't exactly what you want, but if you do a word search for Paddington within the following page you will find a few Catholic establishments:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/Instuts.html#0406

But they are in 1901.

I expect someone will come along with something better - I just thought of the Jeff Knagg's site straight away!

[Sue from Southend]

I don't think that's the list I had seen before but it's been of great help! I've just Googled "The Orphanage of Mercy, Paddington" and have come up with some useful links.

Thanks, Merry

[Shona]

The Catholic Children's Society is worth trying. Here's a link to their timeline from 1850 which gives details about when various homes opened.

www.cathchild.org.uk/pages/history.html