• Reference
    SS/RH60
  • Title
    Carlton Boys Community Home
  • Admin/biog history
    Created in 1856 as Bedford Reformatory, becoming Carlton Senior Approved School in 1933. In 1970 it became a Controlled Community Home with education on the premises for boys aged 13 to 15. The home closed in 1982 the buildings being taken over by Saint Margaret's Special School, Great Gaddesden. Records for the reformatory and approved school can be found at X 67/684-686 and X521.
  • Level of description
    series