Exploring Hatton Garden: London’s Historic Jewelry Quarter
Introduction Every person recognizes Hatton Gardens not only as the area linked with the precious metals, jewelers and the antiques but also the awesome jewelries. Located in the core of London this legendary district has been a center of jewelry trading in the city for centuries. As home to the most outstanding cluster of diamond dealers, independent jewelers and other 300-year heritage and cultural reputation makes Hatton Gardens glow to the present day. The History of Hatton Garden Hatton Gardens has its origins in the sixteenth century and it was so named because Sir Christopher Hatton, a prominent member of the court and the close friend of Queen Elizabeth the First. What used to be a residential region has over the period transformed into the economic nerve of the diamond and jewel market. In the post Civil War era the diamond district was already established and by the late 19th and early twentieth century it attracted many immigrant Jewish workers who were diamond cutters and ...