Articles about the History of the Hornsey area in north London

Who is Joshua Toulmin Smith?

Speaker Bessie White will be joining HHS for a talk on Monday 20th April. Bessie will speak about her Victorian ancestor Joshua Toulmin Smith and his son Arthur. But who …

Hornsey Journal front page 8.2.52 mourning death of king

In the first of an occasional series of personal reminiscences, journalist Richard Woods shares his memories of writing for the Hornsey Journal in the 1960s.

Colin Marr wrote about a gas holder at the Hornsey Gasworks known as Hornsey No 1 in 2006 when it was under threat of demolition to make way for the Haringey Heartlands development. This was reposted as part of our Newsletter Archive series in 2020.

Muswell Hill Football Club Team photo 1899

Based on extensive research in the HHS and other archives, this special guest article tells the story of Muswell Hill Football Club’s incredible treble winning season.

Whittington Almshouses. Highgate. Drawn by Mr Shepherd, engraved by T. Dale

This engraved book plate, 1827, drawn by Mr Shepherd, engraved by T Dale, is one of the 65 items in the Ruth Rogers Bequest. These almshouses are linked to a famous name. Dick Whittington, his cat and Highgate Hill are synonymous.

This almshouse (called an asylum) is located just outside Hornsey Parish and is part of the late Hugh Garnsworthy’s postcard collection gifted to the Society.

It is the wrought iron gates, melted down by the man charged with restoring them, in what an English Heritage spokesman called in 2007, ‘a clear case of cultural vandalism’, which shone a spotlight on these almshouses over fifteen years ago.

This romantic view of the almshouses depicting them as a rural retreat was gifted to the Archive in 2003 by David Frith. The image was reproduced by the Borough of …

The Fishmongers’ and Poulterers’ Almshouses, Wood Green High Road

This image is one of the postcards which the late Hugh Garnsworthy gifted to the Society. Postmarked 1904, the large, impressive building is softened by the presence of the two little girls in their clean white pinafores in the foreground.

I was a member of the Student Action Committee that started the Sit In in May 1968 following a meeting…

Very interesting article. Circa 1890 there was a 'convalescent home' at Langley Road, Highgate. Any information about it, please ?…

Shame that, while everyone knows and loves the Clock Tower, no one remembers Henry Reader Williams. He deserves better. Why…

If you reply to me directly I can direct you to the present Curator of MTC Memorabilia

Who is Joshua Toulmin Smith?

My Apprenticeship at the Hornsey Journal

Hornsey Gasworks: An Update

Muswell Hill Football Club: 1898-1899

The Whittington Almshouses, Highgate

The Aged Pilgrims’ Asylum

Shoreditch Almshouses, Wood Green

Printers’ Almshouses, Bounds Green Road

The Fishmongers’ and Poulterers’ Almshouses, Wood Green High Road