Fournier Street
This street was named after George Fournier, a Huguenot refugee, and is still full of elegant townhouses which were once home to Huguenot weavers. The […]
Crispin Street
This street was named in 1883 after the death of Henri of Artois (1820-1883), the Count of Chambord and pretender to the French throne, to […]
Chambord Street
This street was named in 1883 after the death of Henri of Artois (1820-1883), the Count of Chambord and pretender to the French throne, to […]
Artillery Lane
No.56 Artillery Lane is one of the oldest remaining shop fronts in London. From 1720 it was occupied by Nicholas Jourdain, a Huguenot silk merchant […]
Calvin Street
This street commemorates the French theologian, John Calvin (1509-1564), who led the Protestant Reformation in France.
Blossom Street, Fleur de Lis Street and Elder Street
All these streets were built by Sir Isaac Tillard in c.1720. The Tillard family were Huguenot immigrants who settled in Totnes, Devon, they were merchants […]
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Brick Lane
No.59 Brick Lane, on the corner with Fournier Street, was built in 1742-74 as a Huguenot Chapel. It was later used as a Methodist mission […]
Ruffy family
The Ruffy family (the widowed Madame Catherine Ruffy and her five children) settled in Spitalfields in 1687, along with 13,000 other Huguenots who arrived the […]
Bonifas family
The Bonifas family came from France to London in the 1700s because, as Huguenots, their life was difficult. The father, François Bonifas, had a cousin […]
Arno Family
I traced my roots in the early 1990s before computers, just lots of leg work around record offices and archives. I traced most of the […]