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VE Day Display
A new VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) display on show at the Hornsey Historical Society display board outside the Old Schoolhouse.
The Highgate Roman Kiln on the BBC
In case you missed it, BBC Radio 3 broadcast a short item on the Highgate Roman Kiln as part of their Sunday Feature strand – New Generation Thinkers: Clay and Collapse.
Lecture Note: The Mercenary River
The new series of HHS lectures started last Thursday at the Union Church Hall on Weston Park.
HHS Chair Walter Merricks introduced ex-BBC correspondent Nick Higham who gave a very well received talk based on his book The Mercenary River.
HHS Book Launch
It was a full-house of ninety for the launch of the HHS’s new book Abyssinia : Hornsey’s Lost Village by Hugh Flouch at Hornsey School for Girls on Thursday 27th June.
Abyssinia: Hornsey’s Lost Village
Unravel a Hornsey Mystery
Built up from the late 1860s, Abyssinia ‘village’ was a part of Hornsey Vale in Hornsey. Within a hundred years of being established, this mysterious little enclave had been completely demolished and replaced by the Hornsey School for Girls.
HHS Wins Accolades from LAMAS
On Saturday 18th November at the London and Middlesex Archaeology Society’s annual local history conference, the HHS was awarded the LAMAS prestigious Publication Award for the Book of 2022 for “100 Stories from the Archive”.
Peter Garland Funeral
The funeral of Peter Garland will take place on Thursday 23rd March 2023 at 10.15am at Islington Crematorium Chapel.
HHS Bulletin Back Copies
We are beginning to make back copies of the Hornsey Historical Society’s award winning Bulletin available for sale online.