Nonnatus House is the home of the Nuns of the Order of St. Raymond Nonnatus and the Midwives is the headquarters for their work in midwifery and nursing in the district of Poplar, London.
Overview[]
Nonnatus House was originally located in a different building, but this was scheduled to be demolished at the end of Series Two. In Series One and Series Two, it is stated it is in Layland St, Poplar and In Series Three, after the original Nonnatus House was demolished the new Nonnatus House was moved to Wick St, Poplar. It is stated by Nurse Miller in Series Three that the building used to be a training school for Parish Workers. There are several bedrooms where the younger midwives and nurses sleep and get together for music and cocktails. The building itself has 3 bathrooms, a guest room, multiple storage facilities, a kitchen, larder, parlour, dining room, clinical room, chapel, telephone room & entrance hall. It has also as a spacious garden and allotment out front., where Fred Buckle can be seen working in several episodes. The old Nonnatus House has inhabited the nuns since 1899 and when it was demolished following bomb damage in the 2013 Xmas Special, the sisters and staff spend time between Xmas and Easter in temporary lodgings across Poplar and then they move to a more spacious area. Sister Evangelina remarks that the clinical room is "the size of county hall". In series nine of the show, Sister Julienne receives a communication in which it states that as part of a slum clearance project the whole of the street will be demolished within two years, by mid 1967. However the clearance program was delayed and 1967 came and went and Nonnatus House remains standing with the midwives still working there. In Series 12 the building was bought by Sir Matthew Aylward, the benefactor of Nonnatus House.
Residents[]
Current[]
- Sister Julienne (Series 1 episode 1-)
- Sister Monica Joan (Series 1 episode 1-)
- Phyllis Crane (Series 4 episode 2-)
- Nancy Corrigan (Series 10 episode 4-)
- Sister Veronica (Series 12 episode 1-)
- Colette Corrigan (2023 Christmas Special-)
- Joyce Highland (Series 13 episode 1-)
- Rosalind Clifford (Series 13 episode 1-)
Former[]
- Sister Hildegard (Pre-series)
- Sister Ermengard (Pre-series)
- Sister Ada (Pre-series)
- Sister Bernadette (Series 1 episode 1 - Series 2 episode 6)
- Sister Ruth (Series 1 episode 6)
- Camilla Noakes (Series 1 episode 2 - 2013 Christmas Special)
- Beatrix, Lady Aylward (Series 1 episode 1 - Series 12 episode 8)
- Jennifer Lee (Series 1 episode 1 - Series 3 episode 8)
- Sister Evangelina (Series 1 episode 1 - Series 5 episode 8)
- Sister Mary Cynthia (Series 1 episode 1 - 2014 Christmas Special, Series 4 episode 5 - Series 6 episode 6)
- Jane Sutton (Series 2 episode 3 - Series 2 episode 8)
- Reverend Applebee-Thornton (Series 2 episode 4)
- Peter Noakes (Series 2 episode 7 - Series 2 episode 8)
- Freddie Noakes (Series 2 episode 8 - 2013 Christmas Special)
- Patience Mount (Series 3 episode 5 - Series 6 episode 2)
- Sister Winifred (Series 3 episode 1 - 2018 Christmas Special)
- Barbara Hereward (Series 4 episode 1 - Series 6 episode 8)
- Delia Busby (Series 5 episode 3 - Series 6 episode 8)
- Doctor Godfrey (Series 5 episode 6)
- Sister Ursula (Series 6 episode 1 - Series 6 episode 3)
- Valerie Dyer (Series 6 episode 4 - Series 9 episode 8)
- Lucille Robinson (Series 7 episode 1 - 2021 Christmas Special)
- Sister Hilda (Series 8 episode 1 - Series 11 episode 8)
- Sister Frances (Series 8 episode 1 - 2022 Christmas Special)
- Kevin McNulty (Series 9 episode 4 - Series 9 episode 8)
- Benedict Walters (Series 9 episode 4)
- William Pontin (Series 9 episode 4)
- Nigel Fielding (Series 9 episode 4)
- Reverend Raymond Spragg (Series 10 episode 3)
- Millicent Higgins (Series 11 episode 2)
- Nothing the dog (Series 12 episode 7)
- Unnamed Nuns (Series 1 episode 1 - Series 7 episode 8)
Staff[]
Current[]
- Sister Julienne (Nun, nurse, midwife)
- Sister Monica-Joan (Nun, midwife)
- Beatrix Aylward (Nurse, midwife)
- Phyllis Crane (District nurse, midwife)
- Sister Veronica (Nun, health inspector, nurse, midwife)
- Nancy Corrigan (Nurse, midwife)
- Shelagh Turner (Nurse, midwife)
- Fred Buckle (Caretaker)
- Matthew Aylward (Benefactor)
- Joyce Highland (Nurse, midwife)
- Rosalind Clifford (Nurse, midwife)
Former[]
- Sister Hildegard (Nun, nurse, midwife)
- Sister Ermengard (Nun, nurse, midwife)
- Sister Ada (Nun, nurse, midwife)
- Sister Bernadette (Ex-nun, nurse, midwife)
- Sister Ruth (Nun, nurse, midwife)
- Camilla Noakes (Nurse, midwife)
- Jennifer Lee (Nurse, midwife)
- Sister Mary Cynthia/Cynthia Miller (Nun, nurse, midwife)
- Sister Evangelina (Nun, nurse, midwife)
- Jane Sutton (Auxiliary nurse)
- Sister Winifred (Nun, nurse, midwife)
- Patience Mount (Nurse, midwife)
- Delia Busby (Trainee-midwife, nurse)
- Barbara Hereward (Nurse, midwife)
- Sister Ursula (Nun, nurse, midwife)
- Valerie Dyer (Nurse, midwife)
- Lucille Robinson (Nurse, midwife)
- Sister Mildred (Nun, nurse, midwife)
- Sister Hilda (Nun, health-inspector, nurse, midwife)
- Sister Frances (Nun, nurse, midwife)
- Kevin McNulty (Doctor, midwife)
- Benedict Walters (Doctor, midwife)
- William Pontin (Doctor, midwife)
- Nigel Fielding (Doctor, midwife)
- Unnamed Nuns (Nuns, nurses, midwives)
- Alison Hopkiss (Trainee-nurse, trainee-midwife)
- Georgette Baines (Trainee-nurse, trainee-midwife)
- Janice Cowan (Trainee-nurse, trainee-midwife)
- Kathy Downes (Trainee-nurse, trainee-midwife)
- Norelle Morris (Trainee-nurse, trainee-midwife)
Visitors and guests[]
- Mother Jesu Emmanuel (Series 1)
- Fred Buckle (Series 1-present)
- Peter Noakes (Series 1-5)
- Camilla Noakes (Series 3-4)
- Freddie Noakes (Series 2-4)
- Reverend Applebee-Thornton (Series 2)
- Shelagh Turner (Series 3-present)
- Patrick Turner (Series 3-present)
- Timothy Turner (Series 3-present)
- Angela Turner (Series 3-present)
- Violet Buckle (Series 4-present)
- Delia Busby (Series 4-5)
- Mrs. Busby (Series 5)
- Tom Hereward (Series 3-7)
- Barbara Hereward (Series 7)
- Reggie Jackson (Series 6-present)
- Teddy Turner (Series 6-present)
- May Tang (Series 8-present)
- Mother Mildred (Series 8-11)
- Cyril Robinson (Series 8-present)
- Sister Ambrose (Series 10)
- Sister Philomena (Series 10)
- Reverend Raymond Spragg (Series 10)
- Lucille Robinson (Series 11-12)
- Geoffrey Franklin (Series 12-13)
- Matthew Aylward (Series 10-present)
- Sir Brigham Aylward (Series 12)
- Lavinia Aylward (Series 12)
- Beatrix Aylward (Series 12-present)
Trivia[]
- Nonnatus House was named after St Raymond Nonnatus, who was born by caesarean section and is the patron saint of childbirth and pregnant women. Non natus is Latin for “not born”.
- The nuns are based on sisters from the Anglican Community of St John the Divine, the people the real Jennifer Worth nursed with.