For the second time in a few weeks the HHS has featured on the BBC. Peter Barber, our president, was interviewed in the Old Schoolhouse for the BBC1 documentary Pubs,…
…aristocrats, as a means of preserving a great house and even, perhaps more surprisingly, as a pledge of good behaviour by the father of the bride! About Peter Barber Peter…
…Feet”. About Peter Barber Peter Barber is President of Hornsey Historical Society, and former Head of Maps and Topography at the British Library. Doors Open Doors open 6.30pm, the talk…
…Peter Barber. Newsletter 38: December 1986 The sad saga of Cromwell House has continued. In July, Haringey, heeding the complaints of local residents and The Highgate Society, refused planning permission…
…Early maps of Highgate Peter Barber, our President, in ‘Early Maps of Highgate’ explores maps of Highgate dating from 1608 to 1688, including the earliest known relatively detailed one, of…
…the President, Peter Barber, OBE Apologies for absence Minutes of 47th Annual General Meeting held on 11th July, 20198 Matters arising from the minutes Annual Report and accounts for the…
…of more than 100 years ago. There is also a variety of articles from regular contributors, John Hinshelwood’s story of a local magnate Edward Grey, Peter Barber’s account (with Kenneth…
…HHS, 2015, page 59, part of a section entitled, ‘A Variety of Monuments’, pages 37 – 60. Images The memorial in Old Hornsey Church – courtesy of Peter Barber; Old…
…Lifetime Achievement Award by the British Association of Local History. Our current President is Peter Barber OBE FSA, former Head of Maps at the British Library, who is a longstanding…
…64 – 71 Janet Owen, John Farrer The Man who changed Hornsey, Hornsey Historical Society, 2009 Edwin Monk, Memories of Hornsey, 3rd edition 2005, 11- 12 Peter Barber, Gin and…