The ongoing fractious debate and depth of feeling felt over the type of borough war memorial best for Hornsey was highlighted in the first of the series Hornsey in 1919. …
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’.
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.
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.
In 2016 Muswell Hill Library was threatened with closure by Haringey Council. This is the Hornsey Historical Society objection to the closure submitted as part of the official public consultation. …
In the first of an occasional series of personal reminiscences, journalist Richard Woods shares his memories of writing for the Hornsey Journal in the 1960s.
The Muswell Hill Record, 22 May 1908
Uproarious Meeting!!
Countess Russell and Miss Christabel Pankhurst have a lively time
This article by Pamela Jefferys links with two previous ones on the history of the Archway Road and Highgate which were written in connection with the Archway Road Inquiry 1973. This …
Muswell Hill Library was recently threatened with closure. After a huge local campaign, it was eventually kept open. This is the early history of what would have been lost. Why …
For many of us it is a shock to read the Tender (Hornsey Journal 30 May 1919) for the supply of provisions to a workhouse. Surely the workhouse, such a …