The Home page says that mother and baby homes were started in 1891 but there were earlier homes. See Mrs Main's Refuge for a London-based home started in 1864. See the history of Mrs Main's at www.ucl.ac.uk › institutions › main_memorial
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The mother and baby home I was born in opened in 1846 and closed in the late 1960s. I think some homes are much older than 1891.