John Cathles Hill of Southwood Hall

Southwood Hall Original Front

John Cathles Hill (1857 -1915) was, ‘a very remarkable man of immense energy and vision’. So wrote his grandson, JEB Hill, in May 1997, to Joan Schwitzer, HHS Chairman. JC …

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Lost Houses: Brick Place

Sir Hugh Cholmeley's Tomb

This month we are starting a 2021 series of articles on Lost Houses of the Hornsey area. We begin with Brick Place, the oldest known substantial house we know of, …

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