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Yes, you're right, Maddie - I'd forgotten about searching GRO for mms.


An old thread from someone else about the refuge though doesn't help much:

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/876054

Perhaps the refuge was connected to the church of St Andrew the Less - though I can't find anything to say so.

2 arthur james born 1899 and 1890

born and died 1890

First name(s) ARTHUR JAMES
Last name ALLGOOD
Year Of Birth 1890
Baptism year 1890
Baptism date 12 Mar 1890
Abode of 9 Cavendish Rd
Place CAMBRIDGE, ST BARNABAS
Mother's Given Name Frances
Father's First Name Eli
Father occupation lab
Notes privately baptised
County Cambridgeshire
Record set Cambridgeshire Baptisms
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Births & baptisms
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Cambridgeshire Family History Society

1889
ALLGOOD, ARTHUR JAMES WEBB Order
GRO Reference: 1889 S Quarter in CAMBRIDGE Volume 03B Page 480

can't find a registered birth on gro with mothers name allgood
the baby may have been given up and registered in another name

The info on the link posted by Maddie says that inmates had to remain there for two years.

If she was there because she was "a fallen woman", there is this birth which might possibly be her child, given that she was there in 1891:

Births Sep 1889 (>99%)
Allgood Arthur James Cambridge 3b 480

EDIT:

But he died in infancy:

Deaths Mar 1890 (>99%)
Allgood Arthur James 0 Cambridge 3b 364

I wonder if Emma would still have had to stay for two years if her baby had died ?

The Children's Homes website - childrenshomes.org.uk - Magdalen ...
http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/list/MH1.shtml
Reading Laundry Home, 61 Castle Street, Reading, 1891, Fallen women and ... Cambridge Female Refuge / Home of Mercy, 19 Church (now Christchurch) ...

is this her parents 1891

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
The Green, Bourn Road, Kingston, Caxton, Cambridgeshire, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Edwin Allgood Head Married Male 41 1850 Agricultural Labourer Kingston, Cambridgeshire, England
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Naomi Allgood Wife Married Female 40 1851 - Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England
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Charles Allgood Son Single Male 17 1874 Agricultural Labourer Kingston, Cambridgeshire, England
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Hannah Allgood Daughter Single Female 15 1876 - Kingston, Cambridgeshire, England
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David Allgood Son Single Male 13 1878 - Kingston, Cambridgeshire, England
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Winnie Allgood Daughter - Female 10 1881 Scholar Kingston, Cambridgeshire, England
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Benjamin Allgood Son - Male 8 1883 Scholar Kingston, Cambridgeshire, England
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Motto Allgood Son - Male 5 1886 Scholar Kingston, Cambridgeshire, England
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Susan Allgood Daughter - Female 3 1888 - Kingston, Cambridgeshire, England

I Have located a relative Emma Allgood on the 1891 census at 19 Church Street, West Barnwell, Cambridge. She is listed as an inmate aged 18, she appears to be the oldest as there are other girls aged 17.

I was surprised to see a refuge at this date, she was the oldest girl in a large family from a village near Cambridge, the other girls are from further afield.

Does anyone have any ideas what circumstances might have lead her there or who might have ran the refuge. The building no longer exists and I haven't been able to find any mention of the place in history pages for Cambridge. West Barnwell was a rundown area at the time.

Thanks