Charles & William KING, at Tuffley Court c1911 (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, October 08, 2013, 01:08 (4059 days ago) @ m p griffiths

The 1911 Census shows Tuffley Court headed by John & Alice Leech, occupation "foster parents" with their two children; plus a "assistant matron", then 24 boys aged between 5 & 13. The adults are shown as "workers, Board of Guardians".

Researching Tuffley Court gives a very long history, including these small excerpts:

"By the early 13th century Gloucester Abbey had built an oratory at the site of Tuffley manor. In the early 17th century the manor house, Tuffley Court, was a substantial residence sometimes occupied by tenants under the Atkyns family. It was damaged by fire c1640 and had been repaired by Richard Atkyns for his residence by 1650 when it comprised six bays and two storeys and the outbuildings included a barn of nine bays. In 1672 Henry Norwood was assessed on 13 hearths for it. The house, which probably stood in the park on Robins Wood Hill, was uninhabited in 1764 and was demolished by the dean and chapter before 1785. It was replaced by a farmhouse below the hill in Tuffley Lane. That house, which became a boys' home in the late 1890s, was demolished in the mid 20th century."

Also

"From 1792 Thomas Mee held a lease of Tuffley Court and the manorial demesne. He enlarged the estate, which at his death in 1812 passed to his brother-in-law, the Revd. Richard Raikes. Richard (d.1823) was succeeded by his nephew, the Revd. Henry Raikes (d.1854). Tuffley Court passed to Henry's son Henry (d.1863), who was succeeded by his son H.C.Raikes. H.C.Raikes sold the estate of 480a. to Joseph Lovegrove in 1867. Lovegrove broke up the estate, selling most of it that year when R. W. Attwood bought the house and 270a.; Attwood sold the house and 109a. to E.T. Bullock in 1873. Bullock sold that estate to the guardians of the Gloucester poor-law union in 1896, and in 1930 it passed to Gloucester corporation, which used it for housing after the Second World War."

From: 'Gloucester: Outlying hamlets', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4: The City of Gloucester (1988), pp. 382-410.
URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42323
Date accessed: 08 October 2013.

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I wonder if the above-mentioned Raikes family were related to the famous publisher and philanthropist Robert Raikes (1736-1811) who, following his involvement with the local Poor Law and the boys of the slums, felt compelled to set-up the world's first "State School" at his Gloucester "Sunday School" in 1780 ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Raikes