Barnardo's in Gorey, Jersey,Channel Isles
Teighmore was opened 1879 and became a convalescent home for boys particularly of delicate health. In 1908 it became a school for farm training by 1927 it had increased in size and accommodated 100 boys. The home even had its own private beach. Teighmore had been given by Lady Cairns' niece to Dr Barnardo's. Teighmore closed April 1938.
The Goldian web site and the Barnardo's web site show the same photo as being Teighmore Home in the Channel Isles, but this 1904 post card below shows a different home as being Teighmore. In checking the Pride System, (Jersey Archive, Clarence Road, St Helier, Jersey JE2 4JY ) which holds the records of property contracts dating back to 1795, it does show that Dr. Barnardo's acquired a number of properties in the Island from the 19th to 20th Centuries. The photographs below do suggest quite strongly that Teighmore and Tudor House are two different properties.
The Goldian web site and the Barnardo's web site show the same photo as being Teighmore Home in the Channel Isles, but this 1904 post card below shows a different home as being Teighmore. In checking the Pride System, (Jersey Archive, Clarence Road, St Helier, Jersey JE2 4JY ) which holds the records of property contracts dating back to 1795, it does show that Dr. Barnardo's acquired a number of properties in the Island from the 19th to 20th Centuries. The photographs below do suggest quite strongly that Teighmore and Tudor House are two different properties.
Dr. Barnardo Homes for Little Boys, Gorey, Jersey
Teighmore
This picture on a 1904 postcard is entitled 'Dr Barnardo's home for little boys, Gorey, Jersey'. This is the property Teighmore, which still exists today, although looking quite different
Teighmore, previously the home of Lady Cairns, was given to Dr Barnardo's by her neice and opened in 1879 as a convalescent home for boys of delicate health. In 1908 it became a school for farm training and by 1927 it had increased in size and accommodated 100 boys. The home even had its own private section of beach in Grouville Bay.
Although often referred to as being at Gorey, it was actually on La Rue d'Aval, midway between St Saviour's Hospital and Ransoms Garden Centre. It closed in April 1938. Teighmore still exists as Teighmore House, but Tudor House is long gone. Both properties are remembered today by the place names Tudor Close and Teighmore Park.
Teighmore, previously the home of Lady Cairns, was given to Dr Barnardo's by her neice and opened in 1879 as a convalescent home for boys of delicate health. In 1908 it became a school for farm training and by 1927 it had increased in size and accommodated 100 boys. The home even had its own private section of beach in Grouville Bay.
Although often referred to as being at Gorey, it was actually on La Rue d'Aval, midway between St Saviour's Hospital and Ransoms Garden Centre. It closed in April 1938. Teighmore still exists as Teighmore House, but Tudor House is long gone. Both properties are remembered today by the place names Tudor Close and Teighmore Park.
Boys Football Team. Teighmore F.C. 1918
The Star - Tuesday 11 May 1880
Dr. Barnardo's Home at Gorey
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Tudor House
Tudor House, former Dr Barnardo's Home for Boys, which was unfortunately demolished in the late 1930s
From the book
"Dr. Barnardo: The Foster-father of "nobody's Children." A Record and an Interpretation."
The Home for Little Boys, Gorey, Jersey, is a residence capable of accommodating over a hundred little fellows of five or six to ten. "Teighmore" is regarded as one of the healthiest of the many Homes, and enjoys a remarkable immunity from sickness, especially when the susceptible ages (six to twelve) of its inmates are taken into account.
"Other little boys under ten years of age are sent to Teighmore, in
Gorey, Jersey, or are boarded out.
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Herbert Armitage
son of John and Maria Armitage (nee Bowman) of Nottingham who died September 7th 1925 aged 66 years He was a missionary in Pemba for 9 years and for more than 20 years a worker in Dr Barnardo Mission. Superintendent of the Teighmore Home, Jersey 1916 - 1921 Also of his elder sister Emily Armitage who died November 16th 1930, age 78 years Also of William Armitage. brother of the above, who died March 19th, 1941 aged 84 And of Celia Mary Armitage, sister of the above, who died May 9th, 1943, aged 89 years |
Miss Florence Mary Renouf, retired schoolteacher, interviewed on 23/10/1991, aged 81 years. Includes: Charles II story - he stayed overnight at La Franchise (formerly La Verte Porte), and helped himself to a pear from their tree and as a result no tithes were to be paid, the pear tree was later destroyed; her great uncle John Sullivan was Queen Victoria's historian in verse, he asked her mother for money to bind verses for the Queen, she was expected to pay because there had never been a partage (division of family estate); Sullivan wrote work on Wace, an elegy on Notre Dame des Pas and designed La Viel Marché; the Sullivan family came to Jersey under a curse, family members met sad deaths - Mary was fourth generation, so the curse no longer applied; the first Eli Renouf was baptized in 1714, the name was kept in succeeding generations; Mary was a teacher from the 1930s onwards; teachers were respected; she taught at the Dr Barnardo 's home and the Jersey Home for Boys; one boy trained as a pickpocket, another told how his mother left him at Barnardo's; the boys were aged up to 14; illiteracy in Jersey more revalent that today; backward children were kept in infant school and eventually sent to Maison Le Martin (home for the mentally handicapped); education compulsary to age14; there were more handicapped children than in earlier times; Nancy Fauvel, Mary's grandmother, was educated at a girls' school in England - disliked spartan regime, wore short sleeves, no cosmetics; she returned and married Phillip du Pré, rector of St John; they had visiting cards, large tea parties required silver urn; they cultivated the glebe land and brought butter to town twice a week; Nancy rode side saddle with butter basket on her knee; Nancy learned to drive by herself through dangerous lanes; children were told to curtsy as riders passed. Includes typed summary. (R/03/J/1)
1991-10-23 - 1991-10-23
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http://search.jerseyheritage.org/brief.aspx
Resident's memories
Recollections of former resident Ted Turner
"From 6 to 13 May 1973 I had the great joy and privilege of revisiting the beautiful island of Jersey, and staying at the Maison Gorey Hotel. This visit was of great significance to me because it was fifty years ago, 1923, that I was at Teighmore House, Gorey, when it was a Dr Barnardo Home. It brought back many happy memories, even though the home is now closed. The buildings themselves are still standing, and after much alteration and redecoration, they are now flats. However, it is still called "Teighmore House" and the adjoining land (which once belonged to the home) is called Teighmore Park. When I saw the name 'Teighmore House' in big letters, as I say, it revived many happy memories.
"I also revisited the church we used to attend, and I was shown two boards in there, naming the different chaplains who had been in charge of the church since it was built. The present chaplain told me that these two boards had been given to the church by the Old Boys of Teighmore House, the Jersey Barnardo Home, in memory of one of the matrons of the home. There was also a plaque giving the names of Old Boys from Teighmore who had given their lives for their country. I had quite a long chat with the present chaplain and he told me that he had received a visit quite recently from another Old Teighmore Boy who was on a visit to Jersey.
"I also spoke to a local resident, who is now living in the building that used to be the hospital for Teighmore House, and he was telling me that his mail used to be delivered by an old Teighmore boy (now deceased). This local resident asked me a question which had been bothering him for quite some time, he asked me: "When this was a Dr Barnardo home, was there a covered way, connecting the main building with the hospital?" I was able to tell him that there was one. I inquired why he asked and he told me that when he dug his garden up, he found some big round concrete blocks with metal through the centre, and the only thing he could think of was a covered pathway. I told him that there were quite a number of metal posts with a corrugated roof.
"It is very gratifying when one can answer such questions, by casting their mind back and remembering the place as it was. I also revisited Grouville Bay, where Dr. Barnardo's had their own private bit of beach. How the memories came flooding back. We used to swim there, and I remembered one awful day, when I was thrown in the sea, beyond my depth. How I got back to shore I'll never know, but, to my shame, I have been scared of water ever since. Barring this one incident, my stay in "Teighmore" was very happy, and visiting Jersey this year, 1973, fifty years later, brought back many happy memories."
The children on the 1881 Census for Teighmore as transcribed by Georgina Sales
Henry Sommerville, 43, Head, Superintendant of home, b England
Eliza, wife, 39, Matron, b Ireland
Joan Smith, boarder, 26, b Scotland, School mistress
Elizabeth Edward, 23, b Bombay,India, Assistant mistress
Walter Olliver, 21, Cook
Edward Symons, 20, Tailor
Susannah James, 19, Domestic Servant
Antonio Androvesda, 12, b Italy, Working boy
John Stillier, 12, Working boy
Frederick Morriss, 16, working boy
Thomas Honey, 15, working boy
Will Bayford, 9
George Bryant, 8
William Braine, 10
John Braine, 10
Henry Braine, 8
Walter Beechey, 10
Chas Butler, 10
George Baker, 9
Arthur Breens, 8, went to Canada
Chas Carter, 10
Will Carter, 9
Chas Carr, 10, appears to have sailed to Canada in 1885 on SS Circassian
George Caney, 9
Phillip Cobb, 9, possibly sailed to Canada in 1885 on SS Circassian
William Cole, 8, appears to have sailed to Canada in 1885 on SS Circassian
Henry Cooper, 9
Edward Dixe, 10
George Dixe, 7
Thomas Davies, 9, b Wales
George Dupree, 8, came to Canada on the Parisian 1887
Nathaniel Dupree, 7, came to Canada on the Parisian 1887
John Edmond, 8, b Bath
Walter Edwards, 10
George Edwards, 10
Thomas Edwards, 8
James Edwards, 9
Thomas Forman, 9
Walter Sulty, b Germany (BS)
Arthur Galet, 10
John Gasters, 10
Arthur Gill, 7
William Hodges, 9
William Hillier, 10
William Hornscoop, 8
William Hanson, 8
Joseph Harper, 7
Benjamin Hardy, 6
Henry Jennings, 6
William Healy, 8
John Kilmartin, 10
Arthur Long, 9
Francis Levy, 12
Walter Milbank, 10
David Makin, 8, appears to have sailed to Canada in 1885 on SS Circassian
Samuel Mayhew, 11
Thomas Matthews, 6
James Murray, 8
Arthur Neal, 13
John Nelson, 9
Alfred Norris, 8
Arthur Ockenden, 10 , came to Canada 1887 on the Parisian
Ernest Ockenden, 9
William Pavier, 9
Arthur Pavier, 9
Ernest Perry, 5
Arthur Richardson, 11
Peter Regan, 10, b Ireland
Charles Rose, 9
John Rily, 9
James Reed, 8
William Seagrave, 10
Charles Tippit, 9
William Twining, 9
John Stawsfield, 7
Henry Vermables, 7
John Williams, 10
William Wilson, 10
Arthur Wilson, 9
Frederick Wall, 7
George White, 9
Thomas Warner, 9
Charles Wells, 7
John Yearly, 9, b Russia
Henry Smith, 8
James Southard, 6, came to Canada 1887 aboard the Parisian
