Sidney Road Childrens Homes, Hackney

[chrissyd]

I recently discovered the record of my grandfather's admission to Sidney Road School, Hackney, in 1892 when he was nine years old.

I was puzzled by this as my grandfather's family had never lived anywhere near Sidney Road to the best of my knowledge and I was intrigued by the address given for him in the admissions record - Cassland Cottage.

After a bit of research I discovered that there were Childrens Homes in Sidney Road, known as the Sidney Road Cottage Homes, and I'm now wondering whether Cassland Cottage was one of these.

Does anybody have any information about the Sidney Road Cottage Homes?

[jan57]

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Hackney/  If  you scroll down the   page   there's  a  bit  about the  place

[Valda]

Hi

The Workhouse website dates the acquiring of properties on Sidney Road by Hackney poor law guardians for the use of children's cottages homes as from 1898 onwards.

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Hackney/

The Cass Estate and therefore properties named after it such as Cassland Road, seem important in C18th and C19th Hackney.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22704


Regards

Valda

[chrissyd]

Thanks for your replies, Jan and Valda.

It was on the Workhouse website that I first discovered the existence of the Cottage Homes, unfortunately it doesn't mention any of the Cottages by name (if indeed they had names!).

The more I think about my grandfather's family circumstances the more likely it seems that he may have been put into a childrens home, if only temporarily. His mother died when he was three years old and he was the youngest of several siblings. It must have been very difficult for his father to look after them all and still carry on working.

I think I might trawl through a few censuses and see whether Cassland Cottage is mentioned anywhere on Sidney Road.

[jennifer c]

Sidney Road is now called Kenworthy Road. Sir John Cass was the man these places were named after.

The workhouse became the Hackney Hospital, I remember it well, I had my appendix out in there in 1965.

Jennifer

[Valda]

Hi

There is no indication on 'Your Archives' index of 1891 census streets that the cottage is named on that census

http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Place:Hackney_Registration_District,_1891_Census_Street_Index_C-F

http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Place:Hackney_Registration_District,_1891_Census_Street_Index_S-T

or that the Sidney Road Children's Homes are there is 1891, but the 1901 census does show the homes

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/I0235d.html


Regards

Valda

[Jonquill]

In the South London Chronicle - Saturday 19 September 1868 - Brookfield Lodge, Brookfield Road, Victoria Park was offered for lease also a detached cottage immediately in the rear, and known as Cassland Cottage, Cassland Road.

Bit before the dates you're looking for - but you never know...

[chrissyd]

Sidney Road is now called Kenworthy Road. Sir John Cass was the man these places were named after.

The workhouse became the Hackney Hospital, I remember it well, I had my appendix out in there in 1965.

Jennifer

I think a lot of present-day hospitals started out as the old workhouses. I know I had ancestors who ended their days in what became Hackney Hospital.

[chrissyd]

Hi

There is no indication on 'Your Archives' index of 1891 census streets that the cottage is named on that census

or that the Sidney Road Children's Homes are there is 1891, but the 1901 census does show the homes

Valda

Thanks Valda. I'll carry on looking!