Willowbrae House Maternity Home

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Scope and Content

Framed certificate of registration of Willowbrae House as a Maternity Home by the City and Royal Burgh of Edinburgh, 1938

Administrative / Biographical History

Willowbrae House was registered with the City of Edinburgh Council as a Maternity Home by Miss Ethel Twiss in 1938. It first appears in the Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory under Miss Twiss's name in the 1942-1943 edition, but its last appearance is in the 1994-1945 volume. Prior to this period it was owned by Mr. John Twiss.

Arrangement

Chronological within record class

Access Information

None

Acquisition Information

Anonymous, January 2001

Note

Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists

Other Finding Aids

Manual item-level descriptive list available

Custodial History

Unknown

Accruals

No further accessions are expected