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French Protestant Huguenots
250,000 fled illegally (many came to England about 40,000-50.000). -
The building was erected - Protestant Chapel
The building was built by the French Hugenot community. -
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Protestant Chapel
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Preaching
In August of 1819, a Methodist congregation moved in; John Wesley, the father of Methodism, is said to have preached in the church in 1760. -
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"London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews"
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Methodist Chapel
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Great Synagogue
The building on the corner of Fournier Street and Brick Lane was the Spitalfields Great Synagogue (Jewish). -
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Jame-e-masjid Mosque
During the 1970s, the area of Spitalfields and Brick Lane was populated mainly by Bangladeshis who had come to Britain from the Sylhet region looking for better work. Many found work in factories and the textile trade. That growing community required a place of worship, and the building at 59 Brick Lane was bought and refurbished. In 1976, it reopened as a mosque, known as the "London Jamme Masjid". Today, although it has been renamed, it still serves the Bangladeshi community as a mosque.[1]