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Helen Warren explores the history of her Foundling ancestor, Edmund Fitz-George, an apprentice blacksmith
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Finding My Foundling, Edmund Fitz-George
3rd April 2024
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Branch hospitals were opened to care for the high number of children admitted to the Foundling Hospital
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Westerham Branch Foundling Hospital
17th November 2023
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Stories of Interest volunteer Mattie uncovers a story of mental disability at the Foundling Hospital.
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Frederick Handel’s story
8th November 2023
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Transcription volunteer Barbara traced her 4x great-grandfather using Coram’s Foundling Hospital Archive
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Finding My Foundling, George Diston
31st October 2023
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Throughout its history, the Foundling Hospital housed many disabled children
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Disability at the Foundling Hospital
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Read the stories of a mother and son who were both admitted to the Foundling Hospital as babies
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Rose Otway and John Hunt’s stories
31st August 2023
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A battalion captain, a shrewd petitioner and a dependable tailor all feature in John Nelson's story
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John Nelson’s story
24th August 2023
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Phillipa Smith looks at the medical records of the Foundling pupils and their living conditions
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Highlights of the Foundling Hospital Archive: Medical records
16th May 2022
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Explore the stories of four young girls treated in the Foundling Hospital Infirmary.
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Ten young lives: inoculation and recovery
19th July 2021
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Find out how long-term health issues affected Foundling pupils in these three stories from the archives.
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