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Shrewsbury was the second branch hospital to be opened and the second largest
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Shrewsbury Branch Foundling Hospital
8th March 2024
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Find out about the Chester Branch Hospital, set up to admit additional children from the Foundling Hospital
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Chester Branch Foundling Hospital
18th December 2023
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The Hospital appeared in several newsreels now held in the archives of Reuters, Pathé, and others
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The Foundling Hospital on Film
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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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Throughout its history, the Foundling Hospital housed many disabled children
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Disability at the Foundling Hospital
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To honour the coronation of King Charles III, we look back into our archive to explore Coram's royal history
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Celebrating the coronation: Coram’s royal history
5th May 2023
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These 21 ladies were central to Thomas Coram’s campaign to establish the Foundling Hospital.
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21 Ladies of Distinction:
28th March 2022
21 Ladies of Distinction:
The women behind the Foundling Hospital
28th March 2022
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Coram historian Carol Harris highlights the pioneering women of the Foundling Hospital Estate.
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International Women’s Day 2022: Women’s Rights and the Foundling Hospital Estate
8th March 2022
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Read about foundlings and the stigma of illegitimacy.
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Illegitimacy and the Foundling Hospital
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Find out how institutional life affected children.
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