Huguenot Towns
Plymouth, Devon
Many Huguenots escaped persecution in France and sought sanctuary in Plymouth in the 1680’s. A large Huguenot community settled in Plymouth with another at nearby […]
Norwich, Norfolk
Norwich was the centre of a large textile industry but in the 16th Century (would this be better coming before the previous para’s reference to […]
Exeter, Devon
Outside London, the largest foreign communities in England in the late 17th century were in Devon, Canterbury, and East Anglia where about a third of […]
