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 but it's terribly sad to witness a nation's people and rich history ebbing away. A tragedy really

 

Welll....England didn't exist until just 1500 years ago, and it got it's name from the Angles (Engles,) from Germany. Britains rich history comes from a majority of immigration settlement.....nothing new there !

 

My home county of Yorkshire has a very identifiable accent, which shares a huge amount with western Danish dialect, thanks to the creation of Danelaw on Great Britain, by Norse invaders just 1200 years ago. Explained in full here http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Mis...pter7.html

 

Britain is nothing short of one of the original cultural melting pots of the world.....and there are many myths - bagpipes are not Scottish, and Stonehenge is young compared to some most northerly henges.

 

 

On;y 300 years ago about 50,000 protestant French Hugenots escaped to, and settled in England. They were well received, but just like today they had their enemies....

 

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Industrious and unassuming, the Huguenots were generally well received - especially considering their numbers. Sympathy was extended to them as sufferers for the Protestant cause, although there was hostility on occasion, often motivated by fears that the French were depriving Londoners of work. One priest, Dr Welton, called them the 'offal of the earth'!

Integrating

 



The mosque on Brick Lane was formerly both a Huguenot chapel and a Jewish synagogue.

© www. sublimephotography. co.uk

At first the Huguenots kept their own distinct identity, speaking in French and defending their religious congregations. As with many immigrant groups, the Huguenot churches were a connecting thread within the new community, providing welfare to the poor and support to new arrivals. Over time, however, the Huguenots assimilated into English society. There was a drift towards the Anglican Church, and names were anglicized - Ferret became Ferry, and Fouache became Fash - often due to mistakes made by English clerks!


With time the silk industry began to decline, and the Huguenots started to move out of the city, settling in the suburbs - a route which later immigrant groups were also to follow.


But traces of the Huguenots's stay are still visible in Spitalfields, despite succeeding waves of immigration. There are French-sounding street names, and the elegant Huguenot houses are well preserved. And it has been estimated that even today a quarter of London's population still has some Huguenot blood!

 

 

 

 

* More here http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/immig_emig...le_2.shtml

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have no idea how to drag this fascinating turn of conversation back to insurance......... !

It makes me smile every time I hear Nigel Farage (UKIP party leader) complain about immigration, when record show that 300 years ago, the family name 'Farage' was held by just 4 British families, all new immigrants !

This post was last modified: 18-04-2016, 07:52 PM by fixitsan.