Hornsey’s history as a parish and administrative area goes back to at least the 13th century. For most of that time, Hornsey was a rural backwater in the county of Middlesex but, with the coming of the railways in the 1850s, developers realised the opportunity to create a suburb. [Read more…] about A Brief History of Hornsey Town Hall
Civic
The following pages will contain articles, books and other resources about the history of different aspects of civic society, local government, health services, recreation, public transport and related matters.
A Park for Finsbury – crowd funding appeal
The Friends of Finsbury Park have asked author Hugh Hayes to revise his book A Park for Finsbury to celebrate the 150th anniversary this August of the founding of Finsbury Park.
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Before River Park House: Wood Green’s Carnegie Library
River Park House, a tall modern office block, has been home to Haringey Council since 2005. It stands on the corner of the Jolly Butcher’s Hill section of Wood Green High Road and Station Road, opposite Wood Green tube station. What stood on this prime position before it? [Read more…] about Before River Park House: Wood Green’s Carnegie Library
BOROUGH OF HORNSEY WAR MEMORIAL
A notice in the Hornsey Journal, 8 August 1919
His Worship the Mayor requires a FULL LIST of the RESIDENTS OF HORNSEY WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR for inclusion in the War Memorial. [Read more…] about BOROUGH OF HORNSEY WAR MEMORIAL
Civic Pride in Hornsey
By Bridget Cherry
A history and lavishly illustrated description of Hornsey’s prize-winning and Grade II* listed former Town Hall and adjacent 1930s art-deco buildings. [Read more…] about Civic Pride in Hornsey
COMMITTEES “GO TO WAR” OVER PROPOSED WAR MEMORIAL!
An Editorial from The Hornsey Journal, 10th January 1919
THE WAR MEMORIAL
A fortnight before Christmas a town’s meeting was called by the Mayor of Hornsey to receive proposals for a memorial “to commemorate the brave men of the borough who have given their lives for their country in the great War”. [Read more…] about COMMITTEES “GO TO WAR” OVER PROPOSED WAR MEMORIAL!
DEATH OF THE MAN WHO MADE HORNSEY
An article from the Hornsey Journal, 9 July 1948
A BOROUGH ENGINEER OF DISTINCTION
DEATH OF “THE MAN WHO MADE HORNSEY”
Mr Edwin James Lovegrove, a former Borough Engineer of Hornsey, who died at Hove on Friday in his 87th year, carried out many important municipal schemes in the borough during its rapid development in the early years of the present century. [Read more…] about DEATH OF THE MAN WHO MADE HORNSEY
Greenridings House: What was there before?
Greenridings House, a modern office block in the High Road Wood Green, houses a British Telecom switching centre. The building which stood on this site previously had a much more interesting appearance and history, as almshouses.
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Hornsey after the War
As the Great War ended there were many issues occupying the minds of Hornsey folk which will be highlighted during 2019 through selected Hornsey Journal articles on this website. [Read more…] about Hornsey after the War
HORNSEY FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE
An Article from the Hornsey Journal, 24th January 1919
A meeting of the Hornsey Food Control Committee was held at the offices, Topsfield Parade, Crouch End, on Saturday afternoon. [Read more…] about HORNSEY FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE