Haringey - Hornsey Historical Society

Haringey or Harringay: Who Decides? Five Centuries of Uncertainty

Harringey or Haringgay? You Decide (grafitti)

A talk at the Crouch End Festival by Hugh Flouch. An illustrated talk exploring the long and murky history of why the Haringey / Harringay / Hornsey name has had …

HHS Bulletin 47 includes articles about the early development of the Harringay Ladder, the boundary of Hornsey with Finchley and a tour of Crouch End in 1881.

‘What Future for Haringey?’ is a film that was made by Haringey Council in 1974 about the challenges facing the borough. We can’t link directly but you can find it …

Map of Bishop of London's Manor of Hornsey, 1929

Hornsey, established as a settlement in the pre-Conquest county of Middlesex, is a name with Anglo Saxon origins and derives from the Old English name Heringes-hege (with the ‘g’s pronounced …