Spitalfields Archives - Huguenot Jo https://huguenotjo.co.uk/category/spitalfields/ Exploring the secrets of family history Sun, 14 Nov 2021 18:03:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 End of an era for The Huguenots of Spitalfields https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/end-of-an-era-for-the-huguenots-of-spitalfields/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/end-of-an-era-for-the-huguenots-of-spitalfields/#comments Sun, 14 Nov 2021 18:02:58 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51423 The Huguenots of Spitalfields, a charity set up by the boundlessly energetic Charlie de Wet, has announced its closure.

I have files and files of notes I took on Huguenots of Spitalfields outings.  I reckon the first one I went …

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]]> The Huguenots of Spitalfields, a charity set up by the boundlessly energetic Charlie de Wet, has announced its closure.

I have files and files of notes I took on Huguenots of Spitalfields outings.  I reckon the first one I went …

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]]> https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/end-of-an-era-for-the-huguenots-of-spitalfields/feed/ 6 Huguenot Heroes: Zoom Lecture on 23 November from 7.00pm to 8.00pm https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/huguenot-heroes-zoom-lecture-on-23-november-from-7-00pm-to-8-00pm/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/huguenot-heroes-zoom-lecture-on-23-november-from-7-00pm-to-8-00pm/#comments Sun, 24 Oct 2021 14:12:09 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51413 The Huguenots of Spitalfields have organised an art event which promises to be unique.

It’s a look at some of the famous Huguenots whose portraits now hang in the National Portrait Gallery.  “From Calvin to Churchill, Garrick to Garland, the …

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]]> The Huguenots of Spitalfields have organised an art event which promises to be unique.

It’s a look at some of the famous Huguenots whose portraits now hang in the National Portrait Gallery.  “From Calvin to Churchill, Garrick to Garland, the …

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]]> https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/huguenot-heroes-zoom-lecture-on-23-november-from-7-00pm-to-8-00pm/feed/ 3 “A huge, heavy galleon of white Portland stone…” https://huguenotjo.co.uk/spitalfields/a-huge-heavy-galleon-of-white-portland-stone/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/spitalfields/a-huge-heavy-galleon-of-white-portland-stone/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2020 17:10:34 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51321 “…anchored among the red-brick Queen Anne houses of the weavers.”  So John Betjeman described Christ Church, Spitalfields, in The Collins Guide to English Parish Churches.

The Grade I listed church was built following an Act of Parliament in 1711, which …

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]]> “…anchored among the red-brick Queen Anne houses of the weavers.”  So John Betjeman described Christ Church, Spitalfields, in The Collins Guide to English Parish Churches.

The Grade I listed church was built following an Act of Parliament in 1711, which …

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