History
It was founded in 1851 to educate, train, and give religious instruction to adult female deaf-mutes, who were defined as those over the age of 10 (The Times, 17 September 1886; 8 April 1887)
Its Treasurer was Pascoe C. Glyn and its Secretary was W. T. Hillyer (The Times, 20 July 1887)
It no longer exists
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What was reforming about it?
It claimed to be “the only charity in England which meets the needs of adult female deaf-mutes” (Christmas appeal in The Times, 25 December 1884)
Where in Bloomsbury
Its office was originally at 27 Red Lion Square
By 1897 the office had moved to 5 Bloomsbury Square (The Times, 13 November 1897)
The asylum itself, however, was never in Bloomsbury; it began at Stamford Hill in 1851, moved to Eagle House, Homerton, in 1857, and to 179 Lower Clapton Road, formerly nicknamed ‘Piss Pot Hall’, in 1864
This building was demolished in 1933 but the Home moved to Clapton Common, where it remained until c. 1986 (T. F. T. Baker (ed), Victoria History of the County of Middlesex, vol. 10, 1995)
The office had also moved out of Bloomsbury to Clapton by the time of its listing in Herbert Fry’s Royal Guide to London Charities (1917)
Website of current institution
It no longer exists
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Books about it
None found
Archives
Committee meetings, financial records, and annual reports up to 1975 held by Hackney Council Archives, ref. D/S/14; details are available via the Guide to Hackney Archives Collection (opens in new window)
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