Under the Floor Boards
Crouch End man Nigel Moore was recently told by his father he remembered that back in 1968 (when gas pipes were being installed) he had spotted some items in the …
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Public Local History Surgeries
The latest Lockdown might provide time for some long-delayed research projects, so just a reminder that the local history surgeries have restarted. This is an opportunity for all members of …
Life in Lockdown 2021
The HHS is continuing to compile a record of life in lockdown in our areas, to record for future generations how we’re experiencing the differences in everyday life. If you …
Is this Charles Darwin? The Park Road Monkey Mystery
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. Andrew was …
Ian Christie Wins TLA Book Award
Congratulations to Ian Christie for winning a prestigious Theatre Library Association (TLA) Book Award earlier this month. Ian won the 2019 Richard Wall Memorial Award for an exemplary work in the …
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.The story featured in this week’s Ham & …
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. …
Public Local History Surgeries
John Hinshelwood is restarting the local history surgery. This is an opportunity for all members of the public, as well as members of the HHS and the Crouch End and …
A Hornsey Mystery
The HHS features in this week’s Ham and High in an article about the tombstone of Harriet Long and Jacob Walker in the St Mary’s Churchyard in Hornsey. Using HHS …
HHS Talks 2020 – Update
We have been in discussion with the Union Church on the corner of Weston Park and Ferme Park Road N8, regarding hire of the church hall where we hold our …