Hornsey Past provides a comprehensive local history, covering part of Hornsey parish including Crouch End, Muswell Hill and Hornsey Village. It is part of the popular Historical Publications Ltd “Past” series format.
Crouch End
Hornsey Students in Revolt
Hornsey Journal, 31 May 1968
Aggrieved students of Hornsey College of Art who took control of the main college building on Crouch End Hill on Tuesday had reached such a stage in their “revolt” by yesterday (Thursday) afternoon that they were working out their own system of art education.
Hornsey’s National Kitchens 1918-1919
A Ministry of Food was established in December 1916 to combat food shortages and price inflation, results of the ‘submarine menace’. Hornsey’s MP, Kennedy Jones, was appointed director-general of the …
Hymns and Rock Music: Park Chapel, Crouch End
Another article in our series about church buildings which have changed their function. This imposing mid-1850s building is best viewed from Haringey Park N8 or whilst walking on Crouch Hill. …
Is this Charles Darwin? The Park Road Monkey Mystery
HHS member Andrew Whitehead is intrigued with a monkey which appears as external plasterwork on a house on Park Road in Crouch End dating from the early 1880s. Andrew was …
Keith Fawkes on BBC Radio London
In case you missed it you can listen to Hornsey Historical Society Chairman, Keith Fawkes, being interviewed about Hornsey on the Robert Elms’ programme on BBC Radio London last month. It’s …
Lockdown in Crouch End
We are hoping to add to our Lockdown Gallery of images with a collection of people’s written accounts of their experiences during the Lockdown period. In this way we hope …
Lost Houses: Topsfield Hall, Crouch End
This is the fourth article in the series on Lost Houses of the Hornsey area. It has been written by Alice Jenkins, a sixth form History student at Highgate Wood …
Memories of Crouch End High School: Part One
September 1928, aged five, my mother took me across Cranley Gardens to St. George’s Hall for my first day at school. At that time there were no nursery or play schools to help prepare a child for this big day.
Memories of Crouch End High School: Part Two
The headmistress and founder of the Crouch End school was Miss Charlotte Jane Howarth Cowdroy. She was born on January 5, 1864 and died on September 22, 1932.