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D4956 - Derby Diocesan Council on Social Responsibility and Affiliated Groups - [20th cent]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D4956/46
Title	Churches’ Association for Social Work: Chesterfield and District
Date	1956-1989
Description	Preventive and rescue work started in Chesterfield a few years before the First World War when a room in Church Street was reserved for girls found wandering by the police at night. A committee of ladies was formed by Archdeacon Crosse and in 1913 a shelter for girls, called Magdalen House, was opened in Cromwell Road. A larger house was later bought in Fairfield Road.
Level	Series
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Derby Diocesan Council on Social Responsibility and Affiliated Groups

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