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Could it be the Saint Giles Christian Mission (SGCM)?
"In 1877, what was known as Prison Gate work was started. The Mission set up huts outside Holloway, Pentonville and Wandsworth Prisons where newly discharged prisoners were offered breakfast and assistance often in the form of travel money to get home, clothing, and assistance with employment, as well as encouragement to take the temperance pledge.
Work among first time offenders continued with the opening of a series of hostels and homes between 1880's and 1900. These catered for young offenders who were encouraged and supported to find work or enter the armed services".
Hi Ashtone - that answers one of my questions before I asked it! Edward Vine was discharged to SGCM London on 6 July 1892. The only odd thing is that he was serving his sentence in Portsmouth, not one of the London prisons. But the family's roots were in Shoreditch, so it makes sense that he was returned to London on release.
But another question - his brother Harry (recorded as Henry) Vine was discharged from Cold Bath Fields Prison on 23 Jan 1881 to 40 Ely Place, Hoxton. There seems to be no such address today, and I haven't found any family connection with that address. Was it perhaps the address of a police station or a charity like SGCM?
Henley (Brighton 1820+, Bedfordshire pre-1810), Vine, Button, Bradford, Bodle (Sussex), Willey (Sheffield, London), Nattriss (London), Wood, Jones, Blaker, Shrimpton (London), Dalby (London, Cornwall 1800+, E.Yorkshire pre-1810), Hillmann, von Thun (London and Hannover)
