{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...
The memory of the just is blessed. In memory of Joseph Payne, June 1870.
The green space behind this (defunct) drinking fountain is known as 'College Gardens' and was given to the Vestry of St Pancras (now Camd...
"1 Thess. 1-3" is a biblical reference, the text of which reads: "Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and...
The medallion was sculpted in 1886. Chelsea says: "It appears to be based on a lithograph published in 1885 and held in the National Por...
PMSA gives "The tragedy had a great impact on the area and the funerals of the victims were attended by massed crowds. A fund was set up ...
