\u201cAs an international city, London is celebrated for its diversity in population. The East End<\/a> has always been recognised for the wealth of cultures represented. Spitalfields served as a microcosm of this polyglot society, the \u2018melting pot\u2019 fusion of east and west. Historically, it has played host to a transient community \u2013 primarily for new immigrants\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n Over the centuries, this area has seen a number of immigrant populations come and go.\u00a0 The French Huguenots were the first major group to arrive back in the 17th<\/sup> century.\u00a0 The Huguenots came to escape religious persecution and established themselves as skilled silk weavers and started the area\u2019s textile industry. \u00a0The next wave came in the 1780s with the Irish.\u00a0 The Irish came to London to find work and escape the ravages of the Potato Famine.\u00a0 The Irish brought their Roman Catholic beliefs into a largely Protestant country.\u00a0 Many Protestants panicked about this new wave of immigrants who were loyal to Rome.\u00a0 To combat the influx of Catholicism, Lord George Gordon organized a mob to burn down Roman Catholic chapels in the summer of 1780.<\/p>\n Throughout the 19th<\/sup> century, Brick Lane had established itself as a home for immigrants, outsiders, and dissidents.\u00a0 It was an area where crime and poverty ran rampant.\u00a0 In the 1880s, Brick Lane gained further notoriety with Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel Murders.\u00a0 Heightened by the media, these string of killings only reinforced the idea amongst the well to do that Brick Lane was an area to be avoided.\u00a0 Although the circulation surrounding Brick Lane would have prevented many British Londoners from living there, it certainly did not halt the influx of immigrants.<\/p>\n The late 1800s saw a wave of Jewish immigrants arrive from Eastern Europe.\u00a0 They came to escape the pogroms and brought with them their religious and cultural traditions.\u00a0 The Jews shaped the face of Brick Lane by establishing synagogues and Jewish run businesses.\u00a0 Eventually, the Jewish community dispersed but left behind remnants such as Tubby Isaacs cockle stall and the world-famous Brick Lane Beigel Shop<\/a> (History of Brick Lane<\/i>, 1).\u00a0 In the 1970s, refugees from Bangladesh arrived to escape their home country\u2019s war of independence with Pakistan.\u00a0\u00a0 Like many immigrant groups before them, the Bengalis brought with them their food, culture, and religion.\u00a0 Also known as Banglatown, the Bengalis have transformed Brick Lane into what we see today.\u00a0 The many problems and extreme poverty that once afflicted the area have now gone, and today Brick Lane is more famous for its many curry houses.<\/p>\n IMAGES<\/p>\n Muslim Women. Jeyjoo.com <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Muslim Spray Paint. Flicker.com<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Bengali March. Eastlondonlines.co.uk<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Bengali Cups. Photoshelter.com<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n London Immigration. Photoshelter.com <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Photo of Irish Homeless. Photoshelter.com<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n East side. Accentblogs.com<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Huguenot textile. Oldbaileyonline.org <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Huguenots. usf.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Irish Immigrants. Xroads.virginia.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Irish Catholic Cross. Badgesociety.com <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Jack the ripper 1. highmail.highlands.fl.us <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Jack the Ripper 2. blogspot.com <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Jewish Tradition. Museumoflondon.org.uk<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Immigrants. Fathom.lse.ac.uk<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Persecution. 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