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Entry TypeCorporate
Corporate NameHolbrook Road Cottage Homes
Parent BodyBelper Poor Law Union (1910-1930)
Derbyshire County Council (1930-1940s)
Also Known AsBelper Union Girls' Homes
PlaceBelper
Epithetchildren's home
Dates1910-c.1940s
HistoryThe 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.
Address50-52 Holbrook Road, Belper
Authorised Form of NameBelper; Holbrook Road Cottage Homes; 1910-c.1940s; children's home

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