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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Holbrook Road Cottage Homes
Parent Body	Belper Poor Law Union (1910-1930)
Parent Body	Derbyshire County Council (1930-1940s)
Also Known As	Belper Union Girls' Homes
Place	Belper
Epithet	children's home
Dates	1910-c.1940s
History	The Belper Board of Guardians built two cottage homes for 30 girls in 1910. They closed in in about the 1940s, becoming two separate homes: Highfield and West Bank. The building became an adult residential care home in 1996, known as Belper Views Care Home in 2021.
Address	50-52 Holbrook Road, Belper
Authorised Form of Name	Belper; Holbrook Road Cottage Homes; 1910-c.1940s; children's home

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