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Huguenot Museum
The Huguenot Museum is the first and only museum of Huguenot history in Britain. It tells an important story of Britain’s first refugees, the crafts, trades and skills they brought with them and the impact their contribution has had on the development of our country. The Huguenot Museum holds the collection of The French Hospital and is located nearby at 95 High Street in Rochester. The Museum offers a diverse education and events programme centred around Huguenot history. The Huguenot Museum was established as a trust and registered charity in 2014.
French Huguenot Church of London Charitable Trust
Assists young people, usually in secondary or higher education, but applications for younger children can be considered. Hardship cases are also considered under a separate section.
The Norwich French Church Charity
Half of the income of the charity is used to help the education and training of Norwich people. Priority is given to those who can trace descent from Huguenot families, and then to those whose education or training is threatened by financial difficulty.
Huguenot Society of South Carolina, USA
This society, in Charleston, South Carolina, maintains a close link with The French Hospital and the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland, also founded in 1885.
Historic Huguenot Street
In 1678, a group of Huguenot families established a community in the Hudson Valley of New York in the hope of creating a home where they could worship as they chose. In 1894, their descendants formed what is now Historic Huguenot Street to protect their legacy in the buildings, objects, and stories they left behind. The 10 acre National Historic Landmark District includes a Visitor Center, seven historic stone houses, a reconstructed 1717 Huguenot church, exhibit and program spaces, archaeological sites, and a burial ground that dates to the very first settlers. Huguenot Street also maintains an extensive archive that preserves early local history collections and family papers, along with a research library.
Rochester Cathedral
The French Hospital celebrates its anniversary annually on a Saturday in June with Evensong in Rochester Cathedral. The Cathedral was founded in A.D. 604, and is the second oldest in England.
Directors, Residents, Friends and their guests attend, and enjoy a strawberry tea in Rochester after the service.
Almshouse Association
The Almshouse Association provides advice and support to the 1,750 separate almshouse charities that form its membership.
The Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland
In 1885 The Huguenot Society of London, now of Great Britain and Ireland, was formed by the Directors of The French Hospital to promote the publication and interchange of knowledge about the Huguenots in Great Britain and Ireland, in France and worldwide. As with the passage of time, a good deal of this history was unknown to many Huguenot descendants. The French Hospital Directors also aimed to form a bond of fellowship among those who, whether or not of Huguenot descent, respect and admire the Huguenots and seek to perpetuate their memory.
Huguenots of Spitalfields
Huguenots of Spitalfields is a registered charity promoting public understanding of the Huguenot heritage and culture. They highlight the contribution of the Huguenots to advance the education of the public, particularly persons resident in, working in or visiting Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets, and the City of London by promoting Huguenot Culture and Heritage in Spitalfields.
Westminster French Protestant School Foundation
A fund is available for assistance with the cost of education of children and young people who are of Huguenot descent and in financial need.
L'Eglise Protestante Française de Londres
L´Eglise Protestante Française de Londres a été fondée en 1550 par la charte royale d´Edouard VI accordant la liberté de culte aux réfugiés.
Society of Genealogists
The Society of Genealogists is Britain’s premier family history society – they maintain a genealogical library and education centre in Clerkenwell in London. The Society’s collections are particularly valuable for research before the start of civil registration of births marriages and deaths in 1837 but there is plenty for the beginner too, including the Free Family History Access area where beginners can get a taste of some of the online sources that will help them start their research. The Society has many unique unpublished manuscript notes and printed and unpublished family histories. Its library contains Britain’s largest collection of parish register copies and many nonconformist registers. Along with registers, the library holds local histories, copies of churchyard gravestone inscriptions, poll books, trade directories, census indexes and a wealth of information about the parishes where our ancestors lived. Membership of the Society is open to anyone with an interest in family and social history and they cater for the full range from those at any early stage in their research to those already with extensive knowledge.