Hornsey Village – A Walk is a completely revised and updated edition of Ken Gay’s earlier work is a 24-page pocket-size booklet. It contains 42 colour and 3 black and white images and a useful route map.
Books
Hornsey Historical Society is very proud of the number and high quality of the books it has published, many written by our members. We sell a wide range of titles related to the history of our area. They are mostly HHS publications, but also include titles from other publishers. Books include a very popular series of local walks, along with books about different areas, buildings and people.
They are arranged here alphabetically by title, but can also be found on the main Books Page organised by topic.
All books can be ordered online or bought in person at the Old Schoolhouse.
In Times Past
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 times.
Ivy-Mantled Tower
As the Old Schoolhouse has been closed, we’ve been running an occasional series sharing extracts from HHS publications. Ivy-Mantled Tower was published in 2015. Its author, Bridget Cherry, is Vice …
Ivy-Mantled Tower – A History of the Church and Churchyard of St Mary Hornsey, Middlesex
Ivy-Mantled Tower is a hard-back book with 138 pages and 202 illustrations. It tells 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 the building of a late Victorian church which was demolished in 1969.
John Farrer – The Man Who Changed Hornsey
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. The author tells the story of John Farrer utilizing much archival material to illustrate his personal and professional life in this well illustrated book.
John Farrer: The Man who Changed Hornsey
As the Old Schoolhouse has been closed, we’ve been running an occasional series sharing extracts from HHS publications. John Farrer: The Man who Changed Hornsey by Janet Owen was published …
Lost Theatres of Haringey
Lost Theatres of Haringey tells the stories of six of Haringey’s long vanished theatres once located in Highgate, the Alexandra Palace, Crouch End, Tottenham and Wood Green.
Making History Together – the First 25 years of Hornsey Historical Society
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.
Memories of Highgate from a Keeper’s Lodge
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).
Memories of Hornsey
Memories of Hornsey was HHS’s first publication in 1976. It has been 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.