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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	St Andrew's Home for Boys
Parent Body	The Children's Society, formerly the Waifs and Strays Society (to 1946)
Place	Matlock
Epithet	children's home
Dates	1901-1946
History	Accommodated 34 boys aged 8-14 years, mainly orphans and children from "broken homes". When the home closed in 1946, the boys transferred to home in Penketh, Lancashire. The building became the Ernest Bailey Residential Nursery (1949-1972), and later Ernest Bailey Nursery and Unit for Disabled Children (1972-c1979) The premises were originally part of the corn mill buildings owned by Ernest Bailey, who had been resident at Cliffe House until he and his family moved to Mill House; in 1938 a building survey said that it lacked sufficient accommodation.
Address	Cliffe House, Tansley Road, Matlock
Source	Hidden Lives Revealed', The Children's Society Virtual Archive: www.hiddenlives.org.uk/homes/MATLO01.html, 19 Nov 2021
Authorised Form of Name	Matlock; St Andrew's Home for Boys; 1901-1946; children's home

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