>I wonder if this place was some kind of Jewish orphanage... as I cant think why there should be so many small children from different families living into his place. Does anyone have any answers.< Per Malcolm Brown's in depth study "The Jews of Gravesed before 1915" Transactions of the Jewish Historical Society of England Vol XXXV ".... private schools proliferated at the seaside...." And writing in particular about what attracted Jewish Parents to the Jewish boarding school at May's Place Gravesend he speakes of "....the medically attested soundness of the water, the curative properties of fresh air, the absence of any recorded epidemics in the immediate area....." So if not a school, perhaps a sanatorium for sick children? A very quick scan of this lengthy article has not revealed anything relevant to Dove Martin\Martines but perhaps a look thru local trade directories or newspapers might produce an advertisement? Angela Shire