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Peter Barber and the HHS on BBC Television

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, Ponds…

The ’Saving’ of the Highgate Woods 1884-1898: Green Struggle or Political Panto?

…opening to the public. But were they ever really in danger? About Peter Barber Peter Barber, the current President of the Hornsey Historical Society, has been researching and publishing on…

Land, Status and Survival: Some early owners of Kenwood and their estates, 1535-1922.

…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…

The Silver Lining : The Context of the 1619 Map of Tottenham

…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…

The 2018 HHS Bulletin

…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 1608, hitherto…

A Brief History of Hornsey Historical Society

…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…

The 2021 HHS Bulletin

…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 L….

A Brief History of Crouch End

…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…

…edited down to manageable proportions. Our material represents a good chronological spread: from the mid-seventeenth century, in the article by our president, Peter Barber, about the fortunes of the wooden…