Coram Story - Discover Coram's history as the Foundling Hospital : Coram Story

We are Coram, and this is our story

From our beginnings as the Foundling Hospital in 1739 to the work we do as children's charity Coram today, we invite you to travel through time. Explore the story of care, our history and hear the voices of children and young people with experience of care through the ages.

Our story of care timeline

Explore our timeline to see how care has evolved since the 17th century.

The Foundling Hospital archive

We have launched our digital archive documenting the lives of Foundling pupils from our opening in 1739 up to 1910.

Westerham and the Foundling Hospital Friday tours

Discover the fascinating connections between the London Foundling Hospital and Westerham in a new tour

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Twins’ Stories: Alice Smith, Joyce Smith, Thomas Rowley, Frederick Rowley

Coram launches an exhibition exploring the past and present of the care system

100,000 pages of records from Coram’s Foundling Hospital Archive made available online to public

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Learn more about the founder of the Foundling Hospital, Thomas Coram. Read more

Thomas Coram

Find out about why the Foundling Hospital was built and the pupils who lived there. Read more

Foundling Hospital

Discover our tokens collection, the largest of its kind. Read more

Our tokens collection

Discover the fascinating stories of children who grew up in the care of the Foundling Hospital from the 1740s to the 1950s. Read more

Foundling Stories