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History
It was founded in 1701 to train poor girls for domestic service
At the time of the 1881 census it was under the superintendence of Lucy L. Green
It no longer exists
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What was reforming about it?
Its move to Bloomsbury in the middle of the nineteenth century was a sign of the increasing concentration of charitable foundations in what had previously been a well-to-do residential area
Where in Bloomsbury
It moved to John Street in 1847 and subsequently, around 1859, took over the premises at 22 Queen Square formerly used by the Ladies’ Academy
It was supposedly there only until 1863, although it was still advertising in The Times from this address in 1865, and listed there in Walford’s Old and New London in 1878, Dickens’s Dictionary of London in 1879, and the 1881 census
It moved to Notting Hill some time in the later nineteenth century
Website of current institution
It no longer exists
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Books about it
None found
Archives
Records from its time in Notting Hill only (1897–1924) are held at the National Archives, ref. ED 49/4993; details are available online via Access to Archives (opens in new window)
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