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History
It was established by 1840 to provide a temporary refuge for poor, orphaned, and friendless girls, and to assist them in finding places in domestic service or returning to their friends, rather than ending up in prostitution
It was open to girls and women between the ages of 14 and 25, without the requirement for a recommendation from a subscriber
The Post Office directory of 1840 listed its Matron as Miss Stevens
It no longer exists
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What was reforming about it?
There was no requirement for a recommendation from a subscriber
Where in Bloomsbury
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