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1. London Hostels
Brett
House
Canterbury Hall
Fortis Green
22
and 55/56 Holland Park
75
Parliament Hill
Princes Gate (No. 68)
128
Westbourne Terrace
2. Provincial Hostels
Baldock
Beaconsfield
Birmingham - 170 Hagley Road
Birmingham - 41 Fox Hill
Bray
Court (near Maidenhead)
Bristol
Broadstairs (***WITH PICTURE GALLERY***)
Candover
Carlisle (Edmond Castle) (***WITH PICTURE GALLERY***)
Congleton
Denbigh (***WITH PICTURE GALLERY***)
Derby
- Farley Hall
Derby
- Ilam Hall
Dorking
Epsom
- Wells House
???
Greenford???
Halifax
Hawse
End
Horsmondon
Huddersfield
29
Kingston Hill
50
Kingston Hill
Lancing (***WITH PICTURE GALLERY***)
Leicester
Loughton
Margate - West Ham
Margate - Montrose College (***WITH PICTURE GALLERY***)
Margate - Northdown Hill School
Nottingham
Penkhull
Redbourn
Reigate
Sale
Sheffield - Rustlings Road
Sheffield - Castleton
Theydon Bois
West
Byfleet
Worthing
3. Forestry Hostels
Aller
Broomfield Hall (near Bridgwater)
Caldbeck
Langport
Llangollen
Patterdale
Wiviliscombe
1. London Hostels
Brett House
'Dietary' (medical) centre
Address: Brett House, 198 Putney Hill, London SW15
Warden at May 1941 conference: Dr. Horowitz
Property lent by Sir Walter Layton
Capacity: 21 (practical), 30 (nominal)
Closed: March 1946
Canterbury Hall
Warden at May 1941 conference: Miss Smith
Capacity: 361 (June 1942)
Closed: November 1942
Fortis Green
Address: Fortis Green School, Fortis Green, London N2
Opened: June 1940
Warden: Mrs. Hetty Bower (for whole of the hostel's existence)
Capacity: 72 (June 1942)
Closed: March 1945
22 and 55/56 Holland Park
Address: 22 and 55/56 Holland Park, London W11
Warden at May 1941 conference: Mrs Gordon Harrower
Capacity: 34 (June 1942)
Closed: 55/56 - December 1941
75 Parliament Hill
Closed: 31/1/41
Princes Gate (No. 68)
Opened: Last week of December 1944
Closed:
128 Westbourne Terrace
Closed:
2. Provincial Hostels
Baldock
Warden at May 1941 conference: Mr Roff
Capacity: 37 (June 1942)
Closed: October 1943
Beaconsfield
Closed: March 1943
Birmingham - 170 Hagley Road
Address: Edwardian House, 170 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham 15
Committee name: Birmingham Co-ordinating Committee for Refugees (at above address)
Also seen: Birmingham Council for Refugees - Czech Section
Committee contact: Mrs. Griffiths (Hon.Sec.), 4 Francis Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Warden: Miss A. Williams (summer 1940 and committee representative at May 1941 conference)
Closed:
Birmingham - 41 Fox Hill
Address: 41 Fox Hill, Selly Oak, Birmingham
Committee name: Birmingham Co-ordinating Committee for Refugees (at Edwardian House)
Committee contact: Mrs. Griffiths (Hon.Sec.), 4 Francis Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Warden in February 1940: A.Melzer (Sudeten)
Warden: Miss L. Morgan (summer 1940)
Closed:
Bray Court (near Maidenhead)
Warden at May 1941 conference: Rev. Withers Green
Capacity: 61 (June 1942)
Closed: 22nd February 1943 or May 1943
Bristol
Address: 71 Woodland Road, Bristol 8
Committee: Bristol Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, Branch of the Czech Refugee
Trust Fund (in October 1940)
Broadstairs
Closed:
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Candover
Warden at May 1941 conference: Mr Johnson
Closed: May 1942
Carlisle (Edmond Castle)
For 'parentless' child refugees
Opened: September 1940
Warden at May 1941 conference: Mr Brown
Closed: September/November 1941
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Congleton
Closed: May 1941
Denbigh
Childrens hostel
List of residents dated February 1942. View: Page 1 (88KB) Page 2 (80KB) Page 3 (82KB) From PRO HO294/18 (Crown copyright reserved)
Capacity: 41 (June 1942)
Closed: September 1943
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DENBIGH HOSTEL
Derby - Farley Hall
Address: Farley Hall, Oakmoor, Staffordshire
Warden in February 1940: K.Beuerfeind (Sudeten)
Closed:
Derby - Ilam Hall
Address: Ilam Hall, Ashbourne, near Derby
Closed:
Dorking
Closed: May 1941
Epsom - Wells House
Elderly refugees
Warden at May 1941 conference: Mr Cottey and Dr. Ehrenwald
Capacity: 42 (June 1942)
Closed: June 1944
??? Greenford???
Closed: October 1941
Halifax
Grouped together with Hebdon Bridge and Hepton ? ? ?
Warden at May 1941 conference: Mrs Richards
Capacity: 20 (June 1942)
Closed: January 1943
Hawse End
Warden at May 1941 conference: Miss Bradford
Closed:
Horsmondon
Closed: June 1940
Huddersfield
Address: 282 Halifax Old Road, Huddersfield
Closed: May 1942
29 Kingston Hill
Closed: 1/5/41
50 Kingston Hill
Closed: May 1941
Lancing
Closed:
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Leicester
Address: 67 Sparkenshoe Street, Leicester
Warden in February 1940: K.Benda (Sudeten)
Loughton
Address: Holmhurst Refugee Hostel, Manor Road, Loughton, Essex
Margate - West Ham
Address: West Ham Childrens Convalescent Home, 25 Northdown Road, Margate. Tel:
Margate 2307
Warden in February 1940: K.Gabler (Sudeten)
Margate - Montrose College
Address: Montrose College, 32 Northdown Park Road, Cliftonville, Margate
Warden in February 1940: F.Treml (Sudeten)
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Margate - Northdown Hill School
Warden in February 1940: H.Jentsch (Sudeten)
Nottingham
Warden at May 1941 conference: Mr Allerston
Capacity: 35 (June 1942)
Closed: Still open Nov 42
Penkhull
Address: Childrens Estate, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent
Committee: Stoke-on-Trent Czech Childrens Refugee Committee (North Staffs. Area)
Places for 8 Czech children
Redbourn
Warden at May 1941 conference: Mr Carter
Closed: December 1941
Reigate
Closed: 11/2/41
Sale
Capacity: 18 (June 1942)
Closed: January 1943
Sheffield - Rustlings Road
Address: 75, 147, 149 and 159 Rustlings Road, Sheffield 11
Committee: Sheffield (Co-ordinating) Committee for Refugees, Mr C.W. Carpenter (Hon.Sec.),
Friends Meeting House, Hartshead, Sheffield 1. Tel: Sheffield 21602
Warden in February 1940: R.Zapf (Sudeten)
Residents: 49 adults, 25 children (February 1940, total with Sheffield - Castleton hostel)
Closed:
Sheffield - Castleton
Address: Hope View, Castleton, Via Sheffield
Committee: Sheffield (Co-ordinating) Committee for Refugees, Mr C.W. Carpenter
(Hon.Sec.), Friends Meeting House, Hartshead, Sheffield 1. Tel: Sheffield 21602
Warden in February 1940: A.Schubert (Sudeten)
Residents: 49 adults, 25 children (February 1940, total with Sheffield - Rustlings Road
hostel)
Closed:
Theydon Bois
Warden at May 1941 conference: Mrs Kent
Capacity: 25 (June 1942)
Closed: May 1943
West Byfleet
Warden at May 1941 conference: Mr Goodchild
Committee representative at May 1941 conference: Miss Gardiner
Capacity: 24 (June 1942)
Closed: Still open Nov 42
Worthing
Committee: Worthing Refugee Committee, Mr. O. Thornycroft (Hon.Sec.), 13 North Street,
Worthing. Tel: Worthing 2375
No hostel listed
3. Forestry Hostels
Aller
Address: Manor House, Aller, near Langport, Somerset. Tel: Langport 92
Warden: Mr Koop (January 1941), Miss Clark (conference May 1941)
Total complement: 28, 15 residents in October 1941
Closed: May 1942
Broomfield Hall (near Bridgwater)
Address: Broomfield Hall, near Bridgwater, Somerset. Tel: Spaxton 276
Actually in the village of Enmore
Opened: 17th June 1940
Warden: Vacant (January 1941), Mr. N.C. Brocklebank (including at May 1941 conference)
Residents in July 1940: 21 men with 9 women - 4 of which were wives of internees - and 9
children (needed 40 men and 10 women)
Originally intended complement: 70 (45 sent)
Total complement: 50
Report dated 1st September 1940 by Mr. J.E. Young. View: Page 1 (109KB) Page 2 (110KB) Page 3 (45KB)
From PRO HO294/18 (Crown copyright reserved)
Closed: February or May 1942
Caldbeck
Friar Row
Opened: End of May 1940
Warden at May 1941 conference: Mrs Lewis
Originally intended complement: 26 (26 sent)
Capacity: 44 (June 1942)
Closed: October 1943
Langport
Address: 'Cheapside', Bow Street, Langport, Somerset
Opened: June 1940
Warden: Mr. E.M. Richards (January 1941), Mr Nicolson (conference May 1941)
Residents in July 1940: 6 men and 2 women (possible 20 men and 4 women - at least 50 men
needed for forestry work here)
Closed: September 1941
Llangollen
Opened: By mid-June 1940, 3 houses had been opened
Warden at May 1941 conference: Mr Giddings
Originally intended complement: 100 (66 sent)
Residents: 95 (mid-June 1940), 88 (October 1941), capacity of 68 (June 1942)
Closed: May 1943
Patterdale
Opened: June 1940
Warden at May 1941 conference: Mr Whiting
Originally intended complement: 70 (59 sent)
Closed: November 1941
Wiviliscombe
Address: Court House, Wiviliscombe, Somerset. Tel: Wiviliscombe 246
Opened: June 1940
Warden: Mr. Burris (January 1941), Mr. Rutter (conference May 1941)
Originally intended complement: 80 (20 sent)
Residents in July 1940: 22 men and 11 women (needed 45 men and 10 women)
Total complement: 80
Closed: November 1941
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