Dr Barton’s Airship
It is little known that that London suffered its first air raid not in World War Two, but just over one hundred years ago, in May 1915. Bombs were dropped …
Articles
This section contains a wide range of articles about the history of the area.
The Collins Family
Wherever you are in Crouch End or Muswell Hill you are never more than a short distance from a house or building built by the Collins family. Beginnings This family …
Ever Heard of the Local Architect and Surveyor John Farrer?
John Farrer (1843-1930), a self-made Victorian entrepreneur who lived in Crouch End for forty years of his life, was responsible for designing over eighteen hundred houses and shops for seventy …
The Urbanisation of Hornsey
An extract from John Farrer The Man who Changed Hornsey by Janet Owen London was sucking in people from the countryside as its industrial strength grew throughout the nineteenth century …
The Parish of Hornsey
The land ownership and holdings of early manors (see The Manor and Sub-Manors of Hornsey) probably defined the borders of Hornsey Parish which contained the bishop of London’s Manor and …
The Manor and Sub-Manor of Hornsey
The Manor of Hornsey was said in 1294 to have been part of the Bishop of London’s manor of Stepney from time immemorial. The bishop also claimed that his predecessors …
A Brief History of Wood Green
Present day Wood Green forms part of the London Borough of Haringey and is situated about six miles north of the City of London. A bustling place Wood Green is …
A Brief History of Bounds Green and Bowes Park
The mainly residential districts of neighbouring Bounds Green and Bowes Park form the north-east corner of the London Borough of Haringey with a small part in the south-east corner of …
A Brief History of Alexandra Palace and Park
The story of Alexandra Palace and Park is integral to that of Wood Green. This Victorian enterprise has been the subject of many trials and tribulations, but it has, nevertheless, …
A Brief History of the Old Schoolhouse
Erected in 1848 as Hornsey Infants’ School for St. Mary’s Parish, the Old Schoolhouse, designed by architect John Henry Taylor, is now the home of the Hornsey Historical Society. Although …