{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...
Why (Oh why, oh why) do people chose dark, coloured granite for inscriptions? The mottling in the granite can make the text almost impos...
The Foundling plaque is in Heathcote Street, in our photo it is in the pavement just to the right of the pedestrian (on his left).
This granite obelisk is crowned with a winged angel and flanked by statues of Liberty and Justice. Our picture shows the south, road-faci...
A cherub stands atop the fountain clutching a dolphin which appears capable of spouting water but was not obliging on our visit. This fo...
{On the east face:} In memory of Sir James John Hamilton Bart., 1876The memory of the just is blessed.{There are 3 more biblical quotati...
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