John Wycliffe Wilson
John Wycliffe Wilson who, as Chairman of the Sheffield Union Board of Guardians, devised the scattered homes system for housing pauper children away from the workhouse. Unlike the existing cottage homes system, scattered homes were based in ordinary city houses with children attending local schools
Picture No
10576603
Media ID
47566011
Size
2980px x 4133px
(16.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed photograph on a postcard
Date
circa 1908
