HHS member Andrew Whitehead is intrigued with a monkey which appears as external plasterwork on a house on Park Road in Crouch End dating from the early 1880s. [Read more…] about Is this Charles Darwin? The Park Road Monkey Mystery
Articles
The material on this page is organised chronologically, with the most recent additions at the top.
As well as the individually authored articles, there is also a series of 'brief histories', produced by the Society, to give a general introduction to the history of the local areas and buildings.
Victorian Thrift: A Local Penny Bank
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From Our Archive
Newsletter 127: June 2011
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The virtues of thrift and sobriety were highly prized in Victorian society. Mrs Priscilla Wakefield (1750-1826), born in Tottenham, philanthropist and a Quaker author of children’s books, founded a Penny Bank for children which was to develop into England’s first savings bank. [Read more…] about Victorian Thrift: A Local Penny Bank
Our Changing Language
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From Our Archive
Newsletter 105: December 2005
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“I was all knocked up!”, said my 90-year old neighbour. This shocked me at first, but then I realized she meant she was exhausted after a flood of visitors. [Read more…] about Our Changing Language
Ian Christie Wins TLA Book Award
Congratulations to Ian Christie for winning a prestigious TLA Book Award earlier this month. [Read more…] about Ian Christie Wins TLA Book Award
John Farrer: The Man who Changed Hornsey
As the Old Schoolhouse has been closed, we’ve been running an occasional series sharing extracts from HHS publications. John Farrer: The Man who changed Hornsey by Janet Owen was published in 2009 and this extract on The Three Compasses in Hornsey High Street contains an interesting connection with Elephant and Castle in south London.
Memories of Crouch End High School: Part Two
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From Our Archive
Newsletter 110: March 2007
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The headmistress and founder of the Crouch End school was Miss Charlotte Jane Howarth Cowdroy. She was born on January 5, 1864 and died on September 22, 1932. [Read more…] about Memories of Crouch End High School: Part Two
The Two Faithful Servants
The story of the Two Faithful Servants plaque is moving towards a very satisfactory conclusion and featured this week in the local press. [Read more…] about The Two Faithful Servants
The Methodist Church in Muswell Hill and North Bank – a Survivor!
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From Our Archive
Newsletter 110 & 112:
March and September 2007
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Visitors discover a most unusual combination in Pages Lane: a modern church situated neatly between the mid-Victorian family house of North Bank and its stable block. [Read more…] about The Methodist Church in Muswell Hill and North Bank – a Survivor!
Memories of Crouch End High School: Part One
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From Our Archive
Newsletter 109: December 2006
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September 1928, aged five, my mother took me across Cranley Gardens to St. George’s Hall for my first day at school. [Read more…] about Memories of Crouch End High School: Part One
Public Notice – Faithful Servants Tablet
In 2019 a marble tablet or plaque was discovered in a garden in Muswell Hill. Research has shown that it is almost beyond doubt that it belonged to Hornsey Church. [Read more…] about Public Notice – Faithful Servants Tablet