Reedham Orphanage was founded in 1844 in Richmond, London as the Asylum for Fatherless Children by Rev Andrew Reed[1] taking children of both sexes and giving them food, shelter and education until the age of 13 and 14.
[2] It quickly outgrew the Richmond premises and relocated to Stoke Newington, then to Stamford Hill in 1846.
At long last … we have purchased an estate three miles from Croydon on the trunk line of the Dover and Brighton Railway.
[3] When Andrew Reed died in 1862 the asylum's name was changed to Reedham in his honour.
[2][3] The orphanage included a school for the children and a non-sectarian church which was added in 1879.