Hello, all -- Well, isn't it nice that HWE has loyal subscribers who like to keep in touch even when they are away from home, as our Peter is, in places like "far off Bretagne". Peter, hope you've found time for a croissant, some café au lait.....or a glass (or more) of good French wine. Those archives will wait til you get home. But, having said that, I thank you very much, Peter, for raising this subject of churches and communities. I posted the info which Peter quoted when HWE was a mere month or so old (Feb 2000). My aim, at the time, was to drum up some interest and participation on the list. As I recall, the response to my proposal was........ (sad to say) zero. Rien. Not a thing. However, several months later in July 2000, I did post a series of informational posts on the French churches in London. Those posts, with dates, were -- 1 Jul 2000 Huguenot Churches in London (Part 1) 2 Jul 2000 Huguenot Churches in London (Part 2) 5 July 2000 Huguenot Churches in London (Part 3) 8 Jul 2000 Huguenot Churches in London (Part 4) 10 Jul 2000 Huguenot Churches of London (Part 5) 13 Jul 2000 Threadneedle Street & St. Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange Churches If you're interested in reading them, they're all there in the July 2000 threaded archives. How to get there? Well, our website explains how to access our archives at: http://www.island.net/~andreav/archives.htm. I still believe that posting info to the list about the French churches in various countries is a good idea and am gratified to see that Peter's reintroduction of the topic has already sparked some results. (Thanks again, Peter.) Much seems to be known about the London churches, for example, but what do we know about others in England such as the ones at Norwich or at Colchester? Not to mention churches in other countries such as Ireland, the Netherlands, etc. And, lastly, I have long thought of adding info about Huguenot churches to our website where it would be easily accessible and available. But, obviously, I have yet to do that. If there is enough renewed interest, though, I might be inspired to do it. Andrea (list concierge) > > >long it remained, how it >prospered, etc. ><SNIP> >In the meantime, I am asking for volunteers who would >be willing to post >similar histories of churches/communities they are >familiar with. If you are >interested and would like to give it a try, please >contact me off list to >let me know. > >I have listed below some locations and churches >(England, France,Ireland, Netherlands). It is by no >means a complete list. I would like others to suggest >more. > >For example, I have nothing for Scotland, Germany, >Switzerland, Sweden, South Africa. Also very little for >France and Netherlands. I have listed a lot of churches >in England simply because that is the area I am most >familiar with. > >Is anyone willing to provide a brief outline for one of >these communities or any others they know about? I hope >you will all give it some thought. Let's see what >interesting stuff we can come up with. Bon soir, >Andrea >------------ BELOW is the LIST ------------------ > >ENGLAND: >1) In London: >French Church, Threadneedle Street >Church of Hungerford Market (later Castle Street) >Church of Rider Court >Church of St. Jean Spitalfields >Church of St. Martin Orgars >Church of the Artillery, Spitalfields >Churches of Le Carre and Berwick Street >Church of The Tabernacle >Chuch of Glasshouse Street >Church of Leicester Fields >L'Eglise de la chapelle royale de St. James >L'Eglise de Swallow Street >L'Eglise du Petit Charenton >L'Eglise de la Savoye >Churches of West Street, Pearl Street & Crispin Street >Churches of La Patente de Soho, Wheeler Street, >Swanfields and Hoxton >L'Eglises de Spring Gardens et des Grecs >L'Eglise La Patente, Spitalfields > >2) Elsewhere in England: >Dutch Church at Colchester, Essex >French Church at Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex >Walloon Church of Jersey and Guernsey, Channel Islands >French Church at Thorney, Cambridgeshire >Church at Southampton, Hampshire >Walloon Church at Norwich, Norfolk >Church at Yarmouth, Norfolk >Church at Plymouth, Devon >Church at Bristol, Gloucestershire >Church at Stonehouse, Gloucestershire >Churches at Sandwich and Maidstone, Kent >Chapel at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire > >FRANCE: >Reformed Church at LeMans >Protestant Church at Guisnes >Churches at Marcq and Réty > >IRELAND: >Churches of Lucy Land and Peter Street, Dublin >French Church in the Lady Chapel of St Patrick's >Cathedral, Dublin >French churches of St. Patrick & St. Mar, Dublin >French Church at Portarlington > >NETHERLANDS: >Walloon Church of Cadzand >Churches at Leyden, Delft, Rotterdam and Middelburg >Churches at Amsterdam > > >==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== >Website for the Huguenots-Walloons-Europe list at: >http://www.island.net/~andreav/index.html >Lots of information, links to other sites, surnames list. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >