Local History Books

Harringay: A Century of Change

By John Hinshelwood and Stephen Rigg

Published as a supplement to How Harringay Happened (2012) this small book is a treasure trove of information, history and anecdote about the area which is affectionately known as ‘The Ladder’. [Read more…] about Harringay: A Century of Change

Highgate Walks – A Local History Guide

By Joan Schwitzer

This book of four walks was first published in 1989 and has been through several revisions and print runs such is its popularity. [Read more…] about Highgate Walks – A Local History Guide

Hornsey Church Tower – A Brief History and Guide

By Bridget Cherry

This booklet is a self guided walk around the church tower, the bell tower for the three successive parish churches and the only remaining building which has been conserved and watched over by the Friends of Hornsey Church Tower for the past 28 years. [Read more…] about Hornsey Church Tower – A Brief History and Guide

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

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