Erection date: 1951
Collingham Garden
The use of this ground for the welfare of children for all time has been bequeathed under the will of John Cyril Lees Collingham who died on May 28th 1936.
Erected by the Governors of the Foundling Hospital 1951.
WC1, Brunswick Square, Coram Family
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Collingham Garden
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Collingham Garden
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