Local History Books

Hornsey Past

By Steven Denford

This comprehensive local history, covering part of Hornsey parish ie.Crouch End, Muswell Hill and Hornsey Village, is in the popular Historical Publications Ltd “Past” series format. [Read more…] about Hornsey Past

Hornsey Village – A Walk

By Lesley Ramm and Eleri Rowlands

This completely revised and updated edition of Ken Gay’s earlier work is a 24-page pocket-size booklet containing 42 colour and 3 black and white images and a useful route map. [Read more…] about Hornsey Village – A Walk

How Harringay Happened

By John Hinshelwood

This 47-page well-illustrated paperback describes the late 19th century urbanisation of the formerly rural Green Lanes to later become the Harringay district of North London. [Read more…] about How Harringay Happened

In Times Past

By Peter Curtis

An enduring best-seller. More than 100 old photographs of Wood Green, Tottenham, West Green and Harringay with captions that tell the story of Haringey in Victorian and Edwardian days. [Read more…] about In Times Past

Ivy-Mantled Tower – A History of the Church and Churchyard of St Mary Hornsey, Middlesex

By Bridget Cherry

Ivy-Mantled Tower is a hard-back book with 138 pages and 202 illustrations, telling the compelling story of a succession of buildings from the medieval church with its bell tower (which still stands) to an 1833 church, followed by a late Victorian one which was demolished in 1969.But all has not been lost! [Read more…] about Ivy-Mantled Tower – A History of the Church and Churchyard of St Mary Hornsey, Middlesex

John Farrer – The Man Who Changed Hornsey

By Janet Owen

The story of a man from rural Cumbria, who trained as an architect and surveyor, and played a vital part in creating a large part of the built environment of Hornsey. [Read more…] about John Farrer – The Man Who Changed Hornsey

Lost Theatres of Haringey

By Marlene McAndrew

The stories of six of Haringey’s long vanished theatres once located in Highgate, the Alexandra Palace, Crouch End, Tottenham and Wood Green. [Read more…] about Lost Theatres of Haringey

Making History Together – the First 25 years of Hornsey Historical Society

By Joan Schwitzer

Our own story up to 1996, closely linked to The Old Schoolhouse which became our headquarters and shop in 1981. The Little School is a companion volume. [Read more…] about Making History Together – the First 25 years of Hornsey Historical Society

Memories of Highgate from a Keeper’s Lodge

By Liza Chivers

A long-awaited reprint in an attractive new format of this book, first published in 1982. Liza grew up in the Keeper’s Lodge of Queens Wood, Highgate (now an ecology centre and café). [Read more…] about Memories of Highgate from a Keeper’s Lodge

Memories of Hornsey

By Edwin Monk

HHS’s first publication in 1976, edited and revised by Dr Joan Schwitzer. Monk’s recollections of Hornsey in the 1880-1890s now includes additional material by the author subsequent to the original publication. [Read more…] about Memories of Hornsey

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