Unearthed documents show how Foundling Hospital children were robbed of full milk ration Dickens’s Oliver Twist and his fellow workhouse children were fed on nothing but the thin broth known as “gruel ...

A note left by the family of a baby who were forced to give her up "by necessity" The untold stories of thousands of children left at 'foundling hospitals' - including one in Chester - have been ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. The petitions below come from a recently concluded exhibition, “The Fallen Woman,” at London’s ...

One winter's day in 1767 a shabby woman called Sarah Bender made her way to the London Foundling Hospital, an impressive building in the semi-rural suburb of Bloomsbury. Under her arm was tucked her ...

The Foundling Hospital, Britain's first home for abandoned children, was founded in 1739. The abandonment of children – particularly illegitimate children – had become a serious problem in the ...

On this day, a century ago, "Sixty-six babies from the New York Foundling Hospital were shipped . . . to foster parents in the South and West in a special car on the noon train for St. Louis from the ...

The untold stories of thousands of children left at 'foundling hospitals' - including one in Chester - have been published for the first time. Established in 18th Century London, the institution was ...

An exhibition in London tells the stories of the last children brought up in the care of the Foundling Hospital. We take a look at the history of England's oldest children's charity. 01 June 2011 • ...