‘Our Side of the Bridge: A History of the Streets in the Whitehall Park Conservation Area’ is the latest Hornsey Historical Society publication.
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Mapping Local History on Campsbourne Estate
In April 2025, Campsbourne Community Collective (CCC) launched a local heritage project with a workshop involving residents and service-providers, local historians, archivists, councillors and academics.
Hornsey Historical Society Wins Two Prestigious LAMAS Awards
We are pleased to report that Hornsey Historical Society has won two prestigious awards from LAMAS (London and Middlesex Archaeological Society). The awards were presented at the 59th Local History Conference, held by LAMAS at the Museum of London Docklands on 15th November 2025. John Price, Chair of LAMAS Local History Committee, presented the awards.
Oral Histories Needed !
Calling all women over 65 with memories of working in or near Haringey from the 1960s to 1970s, we want to hear from you!
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.