The French Church, Threadneedle Street.
L’Eglise de Londres.
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Founded in 1550,
this Calvinist church was situated at Threadneedle Street until the 19th
Century. Not considering itself a Huguenot refugee church in origin
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it held
itself aloof from the other French congregations, both conformist and
non-conformist, in the capital. During the 18/19th centuries
it came to incorporate the remnants of these other congregations and its
lineal descendant is currently in Soho Square, the only survivor of the
many churches listed here.
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Its registers exist and make it clear that the
Threadneedle Street congregation stood head and shoulders above all
others by virtue of its size as well as its antiquity. |
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(1) cf. Schickler (A) pp.105-6
(2) for its 19th
cent location and
present building,
see LCC XXXIII (1966) p.62-3
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From 1706 to 1710 there were 1,103 baptisms and 6,303 in the
congregation (Robin Gwynn)
(From Proceedings, Huguenot Society of London Vol.XXII. no 6) Old French
Church; Walloon Church of London, Threadneedle Street. |
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The site on which L’Eglise de Londres once stood. |
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