National Children's Home, Edgworth, Lancashire
Boys harvesting hay at the National Children's Home, Edgworth, near Bolton, Lancashire. They carry pitchforks and a horse-drawn wagon is fully loaded. The home, also known as the Children's Home on the Moor, was founded in 1872 by Methodist minister Thomas Bowman Stephenson. It later became Crowthorn Special Needs Residential School
Picture No
10418911
Media ID
47549238
Size
4833px x 2876px
(2.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed photograph on a postcard
Date
early 20th century
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Bolton Bowman Charitable Crowthorn Disability Disabled Edgworth Harvesting Loaded Methodist Moor Pitchforks Stephenson
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