News - Hornsey Historical Society

Spring Members’ Walk

Last month HHS members enjoyed a fascinating walk through the streets of Whitehall Park expertly guided by Oonagh Gay.

Haringey or Harringay: Who decides? Five centuries of uncertainty

Speaker Bessie White will be joining HHS for a talk on Monday 20th April. Bessie will speak about her Victorian ancestor Joshua Toulmin Smith and his son Arthur. But who …

An exhibition of photographs and maps by Ben Nathan tracing natural spring water and sewage in Bounds Green Brook.

By David Seton

‘Our Side of the Bridge’ tells the story of how a steep hillside south of Hornsey Lane became what is now known as the Whitehall Park Conservation Area.

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.

Ahead of its reopening on the 6th of December, Hornsey Historical Society member Hugh Flouch was shown around those public areas of the restored Hornsey Town Hall that were open.

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 59^th Local History Conference, held by LAMAS at the Museum of London Docklands on 15^th November 2025. John Price, Chair of LAMAS Local History Committee, presented the awards.