{Carved around the rim of the fountain:}
Coram's Fields, established 1936. Site of the Foundling Hospital, established 1739.
The lamb relief is also carved on the rim of the fountain.
WC1, Coram's Fields
We were in Coram's Fields on a glorious summer day and he kids were having great fun in the paddling pool behind but this fountain (which sports an officious "don't paddle" sign) was sadly not working.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Coram's fountain
England's first home for abandoned children. Established in 1739 by Captain T...
The memorial at the entrance to these fields tells how this playground came i...
Supporting this lamp standard is really not a job for such small babies - they're actually clinging on for dear life. The push buttons f...
This extravaganza in Victorian gothic with Moorish touches was designed by Darbishire and given by Burdett-Coutts. The four podgy little ...
{Carved in the granite pedestal:} Presented by Emily Bessie Orbell, July 1885.
The sons erect the splendid water fountain and the daughters erect the utilitarian water trough. Does this tell us something about their ...
The remains of the church of St Mary Aldermanbury are behind this fountain.
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