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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	St Monica's Home for Girls
Parent Body	The Children's Society, formerly the Waifs and Strays Society (to 1946)
Place	Ashbourne
Epithet	children's home
Dates	1911-1986
History	St Monica's was presented to the Waifs and Strays' Society by Mr and Mrs Peveril Turnbull, as a memorial to their daughters, Monica and Dorothea, who had died 10 years earlier following a fire. The home could accommodate 30 girls aged 5 years and up. In around 1947, the home started to provide specialised care for children with physical disabilities. In the early 1970s, it was focusing on children with educational difficulties; by 1976 was again housing physically disabled youngsters in the 12 to 16 age range, although in 1981 all 15 residents had a learning disability.
Address	37-39 Windmill Lane, Ashbourne
Source	Hidden Lives Revealed', The Children's Society Virtual Archive: www.hiddenlives.org.uk/homes/ASHBO01.html, 19 Nov 2021 Derbyshire County Council, Education Committee minutes, 1979
Authorised Form of Name	Ashbourne; St Monica's Home for Girls; 1911-1986; children's home

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