Genealogy Chat

The Mona Taylor Home has been in Morpeth for years, my son was born there in 1965 & was a fairly old building then, the Thomas Taylor Home was a home for the Mentally Ill/retarded, later this became a nursing home. it was two seperate buildings both on one level with staff houses in the grounds. I cetainly remember the Children's home as I fostered children short term from there, this was as late as the 1970's, most of these records will be sealed as someone mentioned, not much else I can add.

The childrens' home you are interested in was certainly in Morpeth. It was still in use when I was a child, although I can't remember when it stopped being used as a childrens' home There was acompanion home near Mum's house where very young chidren lived. It is now a private dwelling. Records of Mona Taylor are housed at the Northumberland Archives,Woodhorn, Ashington. There may be a bar on opening records for a certain number of years as they are sensitive. Give the archives a ring I'm sure they will clarify things for you.

The childrens' home you are interested in was certainly in Morpeth. It was still in use when I was a child, although I can't remember when it stopped being used as a childrens' home There was acompanion home near Mum's house where very young chidren lived. It is now a private dwelling. Records of Mona Taylor are housed at the Northumberland Archives,Woodhorn, Ashington. There may be a bar on opening records for a certain number of years as they are sensitive. Give the archives a ring I'm sure they will clarify things for you.

Thank you everyone, honestly people on this site are great.
I have done a National Archives search but their records are fairly limited.
The Childrens Society on Bower Bank Morpeth is proving to be a hard one though. When I did a Google search on that it appeared to be in Rothbury, (morpeth postal district)
Thank you Moira, if your Mum I would be interested to hear if she remembers anything. Usually at that age they tend to remember more from the past than the present! :-)

I was born in the Mona Taylor (1944). There was a companion home called the Thomas Taylor. I think they were fairly new when I was born. Next time I see Mum I'll ask if she knows anything about them, but at 90 her memory is erratic. Good luck.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/

If you click on 'search the database' and then enter Mona Taylor in the 'hospital name' box there is one result.

Chris

Have you tried a google search?
Jan

Hello all, I am trying to find any information about the Mona Taylor Maternity Hospital Morpeth, Northumberland and the Children's Society, Bower Bank, Morpeth, Northumberland.
If anyone knows anything about these places I will be so grateful for your help.