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The history of the Huguenot years in Spitalfields is now firmly established thanks to you and your team So many of us have discovered our […]
Goodbye
Dear Supporters, Little did I realise, as I settled down to read Huguenot Heritage*, by Robin Gwynn, a book recommended to me by Dr Tessa Murdoch, […]
De la Condamine/Ozanne families
from 1308: France/Guernsey/Leith/Glasgow/London Mentioned in the Duc d’Anjou’s battle dispatches in 1368 – 60 years after Richard Ossane (now Ozanne) featured in litigation in Guernsey’s […]
Dyrham Park
Dyrham Park in South Gloucester is a baroque country house built on the site of an existing Elizabethan manor house. The current house was built […]
Boughton House
Boughton, the Northamptonshire home of the Duke of Buccleuch, is known as the English Versailles. It is home to a stunning array of Huguenot paintings, […]
Faversham Gunpowder Mills
By the 1680s the Faversham gunpowder industry was well established but the arrival of skilled Huguenot refugees from France gave it fresh impetus. In 1759 […]
Hampton Court Palace
In addition to discovering the Tudor court of Henry VIII, his wives and children, the spectacular baroque palace built for William III and Mary II […]
Sutton House
One of London’s last remaining Tudor houses, Sutton House was originally built in 1535 by Sir Ralph Sadleir. By 1540 he was Secretary of State […]
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, 37 Spital Square
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) believes old buildings have a future. From cottages to castles and from churches to cathedrals we […]
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19 Princelet Street
Built in 1719, 19 Princelet Street became the home of the Ogier family, who had escaped from persecution in France. They entered the silk weaving […]