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- 1947-1972 (Creation)
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6 volumes
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The home was opened in 1938 as a replacement for St Agnes' Hostel For Girls, Croydon, London. It was closed in 1972 and the residents were moved to Harvey Goodwin House Home, Cambridge. In 1974 the building was reopened in as a holiday home for small groups of children in the care of The Children's Society. It was sold the following year.More information about St Agnes' Home, Pevensey Bay, Sussex, can be found on the Hidden Lives Revealed website: http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/homes/PEVEN01.html
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GB 2180 TCS/F/02/081 1947-1972 Sub-fonds 6 volumes St Agnes' Home, Pevensey Bay, Sussex
The home was opened in 1938 as a replacement for St Agnes' Hostel For Girls, Croydon, London. It was closed in 1972 and the residents were moved to Harvey Goodwin House Home, Cambridge. In 1974 the building was reopened in as a holiday home for small groups of children in the care of The Children's Society. It was sold the following year.More information about St Agnes' Home, Pevensey Bay, Sussex, can be found on the Hidden Lives Revealed website: http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/homes/PEVEN01.html
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Records created and used by St Agnes' Home, Pevensey Bay, Sussex. Includes the following: Minutes of the local committee, 1952-1968; Admissions registers, 1947-1972.
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A catalogue of records relating to St Agnes' Home, Pevensey Bay, can be found on the Hidden Lives Revealed website: http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/including_the_excluded/files/Records%20relating%20to%20St%20Agnes%20Home%20Pevensey%20Bay.pdf
A file of correspondence and documents relating to the use of the building as a holiday home can be found in TCS/F/07/72. Records relating to St Agnes' Hostel For Girls, Croydon, London, can be found in TCS/F/07/41 and TCS/F/08/122. Records relating to the Harvey Goodwin House Home, Cambridge, can be found in TCS/F/02/028.
Entry transcribed by Geoff Browell. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. August 2014 Childrens homes Child welfare St Agnes' Home, Pevensey Bay, Sussex Social welfare Residential child care
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Records created and used by St Agnes' Home, Pevensey Bay, Sussex. Includes the following: Minutes of the local committee, 1952-1968; Admissions registers, 1947-1972.
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- English
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- Latin
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A file of correspondence and documents relating to the use of the building as a holiday home can be found in TCS/F/07/72. Records relating to St Agnes' Hostel For Girls, Croydon, London, can be found in TCS/F/07/41 and TCS/F/08/122. Records relating to the Harvey Goodwin House Home, Cambridge, can be found in TCS/F/02/028.
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A catalogue of records relating to St Agnes' Home, Pevensey Bay, can be found on the Hidden Lives Revealed website: http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/including_the_excluded/files/Records%20relating%20to%20St%20Agnes%20Home%20Pevensey%20Bay.pdf
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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