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Lecture Note: Making an Entrance by Ray Rogers

Ray Rogers HHS talk May 2025

Another terrific, well researched talk by Ray Rogers, Hornsey Historical Society’s Conservation Officer, at the Union Church on 13th May.

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Lecture Note: Street Name Plates of Hornsey

Simon Morris giving HHS talk in March 2025

Peter Barber (a fellow member of the London Topographic Society member) introduced Simon Morris when he delivered the latest HHS talk entitled ‘Street Name Plates of Hornsey’.

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Lecture Note: The Hillcrest Estate by Ray Rogers

Ray Rogers Giving his HHS Talk

It was almost a full house at Crouch End’s Union Church on Wednesday 23rd October for the HHS’s latest talk. Conservation Officer Ray Rogers gave a cracking history of the development of Highgate’s Hillcrest estate.

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Latest HHS Book

Abyssinia: Hornsey's Lost Village
ABYSSINIA: Hornsey's Lost Village
by Hugh Flouch

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  1. Jackie on Memories of Weston Park Shopping Parade8th September 2025

    Thank you so much for keeping these memories alive. I used to live above the greengrocers around 1971 to 1974.…

  2. M Freeman on A Brief History of Muswell Hill5th September 2025

    I used to live in the Colney Hatch estate, which was originally 6 rows of post-war council homes + a…

  3. Barbara Smith on A Brief History of Highgate3rd September 2025

    I learned my 4th gr-grandfather, Richard Robinson died in 1845 in Hornsey and is buried in High Gate Cemetery. He…

  4. Diana Davies (was) on Memories of Crouch End High School: Part Two2nd September 2025

    I was at the school in the 40s. I would love to know if any of my friends are still…

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