Haringey
Haringey or Harringay: Who Decides? Five Centuries of Uncertainty
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 …
Haringey or Harringay: Who Decides? Five Centuries of Uncertainty
Join Hornsey Historical Society’s Hugh Flouch for an illustrated talk at Wood Green Library. Hugh will explore the long and murky history of why the Haringey / Harringay / Hornsey …
HHS Bulletin 47
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.
Mapping Local History on Campsbourne Estate
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.
What Future for Haringey?
‘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 …
What’s in a name – Hornsey, Harringay or Haringey?
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 …