Nonnatus House

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Nonnatus House is the fictional convent and midwifery practice at the heart of the British period drama series "Call the Midwife," serving as the home and workplace of its nurse-midwife characters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional convent
fictional location
midwifery practice
appearsIn Call the Midwife NERFINISHED
associatedWithCharacterGroup midwives of Poplar
associatedWithProfession district nursing
midwifery
associatedWithTheme childbirth
community healthcare
religious life
women’s work
centralTo main narrative of Call the Midwife
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depictedAs clinic
convent
fictionalStatus fictional
firstAppearance Call the Midwife series 1 NERFINISHED
genreOfWorkAppearedIn British period drama television series
governedByFictionalOrganization Order of St. Raymond Nonnatus NERFINISHED
hasNarrativeRole central setting
communal living space
work hub for main characters
inhabitedByFictionalGroup nuns
nurse midwives
languageOfWorkAppearedIn English
locatedInFictional East End of London NERFINISHED
Poplar
mediumOfOrigin television
namedAfter Saint Raymond Nonnatus NERFINISHED
partOfSeriesSetting Call the Midwife setting
primaryFunction community nursing
midwifery services
religiousAffiliationFictional Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED
settingType medical facility
residential building
timePeriodSetting 1950s
1960s
1970s
usedAs home for nurse midwives
workplace for nurse midwives

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Call the Midwife featuresOrganization Nonnatus House