Catalogue description Minute books, letter books, account books, log books, licensing registers, Medical records, punishment books and other records

This record is held by Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)

Details of 3899 F
Reference: 3899 F
Title: Minute books, letter books, account books, log books, licensing registers, Medical records, punishment books and other records
Date: 1835 - 1983
Held by: Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Devon and Exeter Refuge for Discharged Prisoners, Exeter, Devon, 1835-1858

Devon and Exeter Female Reformatory and Refuge for Discharged Prisoners, Exeter, Devon, 1858-1927

Devon and Exeter Girls Training School, Exeter, Devon, 1927-c.1960

Farringdon House School, Exeter, Devon, c. 1960-1983
Physical description: 79 files
Access conditions:

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Subjects:
  • Exeter, Devon
  • Correctional education
Administrative / biographical background:

These records commence with an account of the meetings leading to foundation of the "Devon and Exeter Refuge for Discharged Prisoners" in 1835. Housed at first in Bradninch Buildings, Gandy Street, by 1850 it was at Lawn Lodge, Sidwell Street. In 1858 the institution moved to new premises (which still stand in 1985) in Polsloe Road and became the "Devon and Exeter Female Reformatory and Refuge for Discharged Prisoners." In 1927 the title became the "Devon and Exeter Girls Training School." From the name of its home between 1960 and closure in 1983, it was finally known as "Farringdon House School."
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