Many visitors in search of their Huguenot ancestors come to Town House to visit one of the early 18th century Spitalfields buildings and to look at its atmospheric panelled interior. Inspired by the tales of the search for your ancestors, I decided to commission a map of the area on which you could all pin your forebears, placing them in context and showing the impact Huguenot immigrants had on late 17th and early 18th century Spitalfields.
The map drawn by the artist Adam Dant and based on the mid 18th century map of Spitalfields by Roque, has drawn an overwhelming response from all over the world and around 350 names and addresses have been added. Stanley Rondeau unveiled the finished 1.5 x 2.5m map at Town House on the17th June in the presence of many Huguenot descendants of those on the map.
Huguenot Map of Spitalfields drawn by Adam Dant