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From: "Ros Poulson" <>
Subject: [H-W-E] Christchurch, Spitalfields
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 07:27:16 -0000

Designed in 1714, the church is one of the finest examples of the work of
Nicholas Hawksmoor. The money for the building of the church was raised by a
tax on coal. It originally served the Huguenot refugees who had joined a
small group of silkweavers living and working in the green fields of
Spitalfields. They built up a prosperous community and today more than half
of the 18th century gravestones bear French names.

Ros Poulson

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