The Barralet Collection
This collection consists of 64 photographs taken by Joseph Percy Barralet between 1886 and 1889 and donated by his nephew to HHS in 1981. It is an important example of …
Collection Guides
An Overview of the Hornsey Historical Society Map Collection
We hold a small collection of reproductions of early maps dating from 1593 to 1787, and also hold a range of Ordnance Survey Maps dating from 1801. All the maps …
An Overview of the HHS Photography Collections
Some photographs are from magazines and newsprint and some are photocopies. They cover Hornsey’s local areas and historic local buildings, other areas of Haringey and places outside Haringey such as …
The North Middlesex Photographic Society‘s Survey and Record of Middlesex
This society, the name of which is most conveniently shortened to NMPS, was based in Hornsey throughout its life. However its membership was widely located and chose its name to …
The Braddock Collection
Alfred Braddock was a typical early photography enthusiast. He started his working life keeping a tobacconist and stationers shop in Hackney, became a keen amateur photographer in the 1870s and …