Genealogy Chat

Same man, but different aspect of his life

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/military_chat/thread/1355949
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/military_chat/thread/1355914
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/889900 (ancient)

He was born c1890

His name was Ebenezer Edward Cracknell or Edward Ebenezer

Thank you

East Moor Secure Children’s Home
East Moor Lane
Adel
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS16 8EB

Tel: 0113 2610031
Fax: 0113 2672218
Referrals: 0113 2610031

Leeds East Moor Community Home School, records | The ...


discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/6318c390-9a88-4f1e-b...

Title: Leeds East Moor Community Home School, records Reference: LC/SS (ACC 3464) Description:

photographs of some of the boys on this site

Leeds East Moor Reformatory for Boys, Adel, near Leeds ...


www.childrenshomes.org.uk/LeedsEastMoor

Leeds East Moor Reformatory for ... the site became the East Moor Approved School for ... Leeds LS27 7JQ. Holdings for "Leeds East Moor Community Home School":

Apparently the records are on Ancestry in their West Yorkshire Criminal Collection.

If you care to give a name then I am sure someone will take a look for you.

Chris

when you say more information - what info are you looking for?


Eastmoor Approved School


First opened in 1857 as the Leeds Reformatory School for boys, the School was funded by the Leeds Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders, who deliberately chose the location as it was far enough away from the temptations of the city. By 1858, the school housed 50 boys, which had grown to 150 by 1887. The south-east wing and Headmaster’s house were added in 1860, when the attic floor of the initial building was converted to dormitories. The workshops of the north-east wing, built by the boys in 1859, were rebuilt in 1881 after a fire, and a separate chapel to the south was added in 1882, designed to function also as a lecture room and subsequently as a gym, however there was no priest and the chapel was never consecrated. Surrounding land within the grounds was cultivated for crops and garden produce. The swimming pool beyond the north-west wing was added in 1887 and roofed in 1896. A boiler room between the north-west wing and the pool was inserted in 1899 to heat the pool, which was used by community groups as well as inmates.

The land was bought by Leeds City Council for £3,500 in 1875, having been leased to the Society by the (unknown) owner previously. The buildings continued in use as an approved school named Eastmoor School from 1933 and then a community home when it was taken over by Leeds City Council on 1st April 1973. It was then known as Eastmoor Community Home with Education. A number of separate houses were constructed around the core site from the 1950s onwards, but there has been little change to the 19th Century buildings externally. In 1993, a secure unit for young offenders was built on part of the site, formerly open land, also owned by Leeds City Council. It has been unused since 2004 although has been marketed for housing development.

Hi have just found out that my grandfather was a resident at the above named school which was an approved school around 1903-1905. I was wondering if anyone can find out anymore information as every where I try is charging and I'm skint thank you in anticipation

Lin