Dover Home For Boys
Dover Home For Boys27 Pencaster Road, Dover, Kent (1883 - 1905) We have very little information on the Dover Home - but we believe that in 1883 the Honorary Secretary of the Canterbury Diocese, Mr Thomas Blackman, originally opened this Home as a Summer holiday home for London children. However, we believe it was not transferred to the Society until sometime between 1893 and 1895 - as the Home is not mentioned until the Society's 1895 Annual Report. The Dover Home could house 24 boys, who were aged 7-12. Mrs Palmes was the Home's original Honorary Secretary, but she was replaced in 1901 by Miss V de Moleyns. In 1902 she was replaced by Miss A Davidson. In 1905 the Dover Home closed, and the children were relocated to the new St George's Home for Boys in Tunbridge Wells. |
