Poole

1901 CENSUS RG13/1979

Transcribed and donated to the Dorset OPC Project by Pam Sharkey

Dorset Home Industrial School, 32 & 34 West Street, Poole

The school was established at 32-34 West St, Poole in 1864 when Rev. Carr Glyn purchased a large old home and leased it to the trustees for a nominal rent. Its purpose was to train girls for domestic service.

It had numerous rooms, a large dining room, a new laundry and a garden with views of Poole Harbour. The Home was certified as an Industrial School in 1872 and as an Auxiliary Home halfway house for older girls in 1916. It also admitted boys under 8 years from 1923.

St. James Church Baptisms records show that Rev. John Archibald Lawson or his curate conducted a number of Baptisms on one day in November each year 1899-1905. Rev. Lawson died in 1905 and his replacement continued with the Baptisms in November 1906.

The 1901 England census for the Home lists 75 student boarders aged 9-15 in the care of Matron Annie Irwin Johnstone who was matron 1898-1903, Alice Turner assistant matron, Agnes Lane house matron, Louise Homer head school mistress, Mabel Emery assistant school mistress, 2 laundry maids and 3 kitchen maids.

Also in the area were the Industrial School for Training Young Girls for service at Blandford, the Cripples’ Home and Industrial School and Female Refuge in Dorset Square and Blandford Boys’ Industrial School.

In 2020 Dorset Home at Coles Avenue, Hamworthy is an assisted living and dementia care home.

Name		Age	Occupation	Where Born	Folio	Page	Bapt. record
Annie Irwin	JOHNSTONE	30	Matron	Durham	32	22
Alice Maud	JOHNSTONE	28	Visitor	Durham	32	22
Alice	TURNER	37	Assistant Matron	Gloucestershire, Bristol	32	22
Mabel	EMERY	22	Assistant School Mistress	Somerset	32	22
Agnes	LANE	22	House Matron	Dorset	32	22
Louise	HOMER	28	Head School Mistress	Staffordshire	32	22
Minnie	WHITING	11	Student Boarder	Kent, Chatham	32	22	Yes
Betty	COAST	15	Student Boarder	Birmingham	32	22	Yes
Dorothy	RIX	15	Student Boarder	Birmingham	32	22	Yes
Jessie	THOMPSON	15	Student Boarder	Hants, Alton	32	22	Yes
Sarah	JONES	13	Student Boarder	London, Shepherd Bush	32	22
Esther	REED	11	Student Boarder	London, Southwark	32	22
May	RAMPTON	13	Student Boarder	London, Notting Hill	32	22
Maud	SARINS	14	Student Boarder	Oxford, Somertown	32	22	Yes
Kate	GAY	14	Student Boarder	Wiltshire, Box Hill	32	22	Yes
Edith	MELLS	14	Student Boarder	Birmingham	32	22

Jane	MORRIS	13	Student Boarder	London	33	23
Kate	WARD	13	Student Boarder	London, Woolwich	33	23	Yes
Elizabeth	COTTON	12	Student Boarder	London, Woolwich	33	23	Yes
Emily	ELLENS	13	Student Boarder	Worcestershire	33	23
Daisy	POCOCK	13	Student Boarder	Hants, Winchester	33	23	Yes
Maud	DELANEY	14	Student Boarder	London	33	23	Yes
Maud	WATSON	12	Student Boarder	Isle Of Wight	33	23	Yes
Ethel	LAMBERTON	13	Student Boarder	London	33	23	Yes
Maud	PHILLIPS	14	Student Boarder	Hereford	33	23
Phoebe	HILL	11	Student Boarder	Hereford	33	23
Beatrice	KNIGHT	14	Student Boarder	Hants	33	23
Kate	KRIMMEL	15	Student Boarder	London	33	23	Yes
Margaret	CHRISTOPHER	13	Student Boarder	Dorset, Poole	33	23
Elizabeth	PRICE	15	Student Boarder	Hereford	33	23	Yes
Isabella	HILL	15	Student Boarder	London	33	23	Yes
Annie	TENBETH	15	Student Boarder	Cornwall, Penzance	33	23
Clara	BOWERS	14	Student Boarder	Dorset, Wareham	33	23
Matilda	MERRICK	14	Student Boarder	Somerset, Taunton	33	23
Thurza	LEAKE	12	Student Boarder	Kent, Chatham	33	23
Annie	PACKHAM	12	Student Boarder	Kent, Chatham	33	23
Bessie	BAMFORD	13	Student Boarder	Warwick	33	23
Catherine	BAKER	13	Student Boarder	London	33	23
Annie	SULLIVAN	13	Student Boarder	London	33	23
Emma	STAYNER	13	Student Boarder	Birmingham	33	23
Florence	DUNKLEY	13	Student Boarder	London, Woolwich	33	23	Yes
Mabel	BARRETT	14	Student Boarder	Somerset	33	23
Ellen	JONES	10	Student Boarder	London	33	23	Yes
Edith	STEVENS	12	Student Boarder	Kent, Chatham	33	23
Ethel	HUMBY	12	Student Boarder	Hants, Portsmouth	33	23	Yes
Florence	CHRISTOPHER	11	Student Boarder	Dorset, Poole	33	23
Agnes	SHEPHERD	11	Student Boarder	Worcestershire	33	23

Elizabeth	HICKS	11	Student Boarder	Birmingham	33	24
Mary	JANE	11	Student Boarder	Hants, Portsmouth	33	24
Beatrice	BARRETT	10	Student Boarder	Somerset	33	24	Yes
Beatrice	GREEN	10	Student Boarder	Hants, Portsmouth	33	24	Yes
Ada	BRITTON	12	Student Boarder	Birmingham	33	24	Yes
Matilda	KERRIVEL	9	Student Boarder	Devon, Teignmouth	33	24
Elizabeth	ROSE	12	Student Boarder	London	33	24
Edith	MOGGRIDGE	13	Student Boarder	London	33	24	Yes
Caroline	BARGINAL	14	Student Boarder	London	33	24
Annie	HEARTY	11	Student Boarder	London	33	24
Mary	HOULT	12	Student Boarder	Geenwich	33	24	Yes
Alice	PASSIFUL	10	Student Boarder	Chatham	33	24	Yes
Maggie	WADDEN	7	Student Boarder	Dorset, Wimborne	33	24
Kate	ROSE	9	Student Boarder	London	33	24
Maud	ROSE	12	Student Boarder	Birmingham	33	24
Emma	LANGLEY	11	Student Boarder	London	33	24
Sarah	DENYER	12	Student Boarder	London	33	24
Nellie	HOULT	9	Student Boarder	Greenwich	33	24	Yes
Annie	JEWELL	13	Student Boarder	Cornwall, Penzance	33	24
Mary	WELSH	15	Student Boarder	London	33	24
Beatrice	MULLIS	15	Student Boarder	London	33	24	Yes
Jane	WARD	15	Student Boarder	London	33	24	Yes
Beatrice	VIDLER	15	Student Boarder	Sussex	33	24	Yes
Lily	PARNELL	13	Student Boarder	Devon, Ashburton	33	24
Annie	BOWERS	14	Student Boarder	London	33	24
Mary	JARVIS	11	Student Boarder	Somerset, Taunton	33	24
Jessie	HILL	15	Student Boarder	Somerset, Bridgewater	33	24
Maud	PARNELL	11	Student Boarder	Devon, Ashburton	33	24
Annie	MARTEN	14	Student Boarder	Birmingham	33	24
Maria	WELCH	17	Domestic, Laundry Maid	London	33	24
Sarah	KNIGHT	17	Domestic, Laundry Maid	Hants, Portsmouth	33	24

Elizabeth	HARVEY	17	Domestic, Kitchen Maid	Hants	34	25
Cartoline	CARROW	16	Domestic, Kitchen Maid	London	34	25
Alice	DUNN	12		London	34	25

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