{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...
This water trough was not here Spring-Summer 2011 but in January 2012 SilverTiger featured it on his blog. Had it been moved here from it...
Is it likely that the beloved friend was a horse or dog rather than a person?
On the ground is a ghost footprint of what could have been one of these water-fountains we remember from the 1950s, found in parks near c...
This extravaganza in Victorian gothic with Moorish touches was designed by Darbishire and given by Burdett-Coutts. The four podgy little ...
In the background of our photo you can see the windmill undergoing restoration. The essential MDFCTA tells us that this was originally i...
Born Dunfermline, Scotland as Joseph Noel Paton. Painter. He first achieved success as a book illustrator. His early paintings heavily featured fairies, but in due course he became influenced by ...
British History On-line confirms our suspicions that this should read "T. Chancellor". Goodness knows why or when it got corrupted into "...
Fusilier Denis Frank Jacobs was born on 12 July 1927. His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1927 in the Woolwich registration district and his mother's maiden surname was Smith. He was pr...
The plaque can be seen in our photo, in front of the child stepping out of the water feature.
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