Following on the brief conversation about "Huguenot occupations" earlier this week, I dipped into Robin Gwynn's pamphlet *The Huguenots of London* (which you can probably find copies of on abebooks.com or alibris.com) and came up with this: "Not only were the French churches of Threadneedle Street and the Savoy divided by character, history and type of worship, but the members of the congregations to the east and west of London pursued quite different trades..." Gwynn goes on to footnote a scholarly article I'd pay money to get my hands on: E.H. Varley, "The Occupations of Protestant Refugees in the Seventeenth Century," published in Geography (Volume XXIV), in 1939. Then Gwynn whacks up some of Varley's data and produces this chart for the period 1689-1716: Eastern London Western London Doctors/ministers 160 86 Food/drink/clothing 24 207 Jewellers/clockmakers 8 119 Merchants 31 100 Military professions 4 131 Naval (merchant?) 60 11 Wigmakers 8 53 Textile workers 465 44 All others 81 330 It's pretty easy to see how a single-minded focus on Spitalfields might lead one to conclude Huguenots were disproportionately weavers and clerics. Interestingly enough, Gwynn goes on to note that the Savoy Huguenot communities were far more assimilative than the the Spitalfields communities both in matters of religious ritual and more secular ways, including Anglicization of names. It's a great little pamphlet. I recommend it.

Hi Marc You're correct, it is a great little volume and it's also available from the Hug Soc of GB - if you want to spend your money on the book, why not spend it with a Huguenot organisation? And watch this space for news of the Hug Soc of GB's forthcoming CDRom and book sale, lots of stuff at reduced prices! Regards Tony Fuller Editor, Huguenot Families