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11 April 2013

Celebrate Huguenot London

As anyone who has had to listen to your author banging on about 19 Princelet Street will know, your author is interested in the history of the Spitalfields area, and the peoples who have passed through it over the centuries. So, it was with particular interest that he learned that a festival celebrating the Huguenots of Spitalfields is taking place this week and next, with various locations in and around the area.


The Huguenots were French protestants, many of whom fled France in the 17th century following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV. Like many immigrants before and after them, those who came to Britain were rather industrious, and some went on to achieve great success, including the first Governor of the Bank of England, the grandson of a Huguenot refugee. The festival tells the stories of Huguenot London through talks, walks and events running this week and next.

For more, see http://www.huguenotsofspitalfields.org/

^Picture © Derek Voller used under a Creative Commons license^

5 comments:

  1. This is a photo of Dennis Severs' House, 18 Folgate St and not of 19 Princelet Street. The link given also gives info on Dennis Severs' House and the extended opening there for the Huguenot festival - no mention of 19 Princelet Street.

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  2. Indeed it is. Nowhere does it say it's Princelet Street. The festival takes place throughout the area.

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    1. Sorry, must have read the entry wrongly. I was sure it said 19 Princelet St had extended opening hours but I see now it doesn't.
      Anyway I don't mean to complain - I love Tired of London and try to check it everyday. Thanks for what you do!

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    2. No worries at all. Thanks for your support.

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    3. P.s. Whisper it quietly, but it says on their facebook page that "19 Princelet Street will be opening quietly on Sunday 21 April from 2-4pm, no booking, free, to support the...Festival"

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