Holnicote House
The story behind the first mixed race orphanage in Britain
Holnicote House, a hotel on Exmoor in Somerset, United Kingdom, was once home to Britain’s first mixed-race orphanage. Carol Edwards, who spent the first five years of her life at Holnicote House alongside 25 other mixed-race children immediately after World War II, helped shed light on this little-known chapter of its history during a tour…
