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Article Explore the six branch hospitals established across England to house children from the Foundling Hospital Read more

Branch Foundling Hospitals

27th August 2024 Education
Article This interactive textile artwork experience reveals hidden stories from Coram’s history and today Read more

A Folded Reality: The Online Experience

Beyond care Education Identity
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Nurses and Inspectors at the Foundling Hospital

2nd May 2024 Relationships
Article Shrewsbury was the second branch hospital to be opened and the second largest Read more

Shrewsbury Branch Foundling Hospital

8th March 2024 Education
Article Find out about the Chester Branch Hospital, set up to admit additional children from the Foundling Hospital Read more

Chester Branch Foundling Hospital

18th December 2023 Education
Article The Hospital appeared in several newsreels now held in the archives of Reuters, Pathé, and others Read more

The Foundling Hospital on Film

Culture
Article Branch hospitals were opened to care for the high number of children admitted to the Foundling Hospital Read more

Westerham Branch Foundling Hospital

17th November 2023 Beyond care Health
Article Throughout its history, the Foundling Hospital housed many disabled children Read more

Disability at the Foundling Hospital

Children's rights Health
Article To honour the coronation of King Charles III, we look back into our archive to explore Coram's royal history Read more

Celebrating the coronation: Coram’s royal history

5th May 2023 Culture
Article These 21 ladies were central to Thomas Coram’s campaign to establish the Foundling Hospital. Read more

21 Ladies of Distinction:
The women behind the Foundling Hospital

28th March 2022
Article Coram historian Carol Harris highlights the pioneering women of the Foundling Hospital Estate. Read more

International Women’s Day 2022: Women’s Rights and the Foundling Hospital Estate

8th March 2022
Article Read about foundlings and the stigma of illegitimacy. Read more

Illegitimacy and the Foundling Hospital

Identity