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School Room, Cottage Homes, Amos Lane, Wednesfield, c 1900. The Cottage Homes were opened on 4 Nov 1890 to provide homes for pauper children at a 20 acre site on Amos Lane in Wednesfield. The homes were designed by George H. Stanger and could accommodate up to 240 children. The buildings included eight cottages, four for boys and four for girls, together with a master's residence, lodge, probationers' wards, infirmary, schools, swimming pool and workshops. The emphasis was on training so the land was cultivated by the boys and they baked all of their own bread and that of the workhouse. They also had tailors', shoemakers', tinmen's, and carpenters' shops. Poor Law Unions were established under the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. The Wolverhampton Poor Law Union consisted (in 1896) of the townships of Bilston, Heath Town, Short Heath, Wednesfield, Willenhall and Wolverhampton. The workhouse, administered by the Union, was built in 1836 in Bilston Road to hold 818 inmates. The foundation stone of the Cottage Homes was laid on 20 June 1889. The Cottage Homes were erected in 1890 in Wednesfield and consisted of 8 homes, each for 30 children. The Cottage Homes School closed down on 31 May 1932.
