This handbill of 1870 invites subscriptions for a home for destitute little girls founded at the suggestion and with the generous pecuniary help of Mr A.C. P Coote and Mr. H.J. Watney, members of St. John’s College. The proposal was warmly taken up and substantially assisted by many kind friends both in the Town and University.
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An Appeal
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A site was secured on Fitzwilliam Road, Cambridge for £240. The home built for £475, and the first four girls were admitted on 1 January 1872.
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Cottage Home c. 1890
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Its name remained unchanged until 1948 when it became known as the Church of England’s Children Society Home. From 1951 it was run as Dr. Barnado’s Cottage Home until 1972 when it was purchased by the County Council for use as a Boys’ Hostel.
Source:
The original handbill is pasted in to the minute book of the committee for the Cottage Home for Little Orphan Girls, 1871-1906, held at Cambridgeshire Archives, document reference 758/Q1. The original photograph is reference 758/Q8.