Highgate

Lockdown in Highgate

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 to have a written as well as a visual record of these months. [Read more…] about Lockdown in Highgate

Memories of Highgate from a Keeper’s Lodge

By Liza Chivers

A long-awaited reprint in an attractive new format of this book, first published in 1982. Liza grew up in the Keeper’s Lodge of Queens Wood, Highgate (now an ecology centre and café). [Read more…] about Memories of Highgate from a Keeper’s Lodge

Our Northern Heights

Our much acclaimed first documentary written and directed by Andy Attenburrow. The film tells the story of Hornsey, Highgate, Muswell Hill and Crouch End through the years 1850 to 1939. [Read more…] about Our Northern Heights

People and Places – Lost Estates in Highgate, Hornsey and Wood Green

Edited by Joan Schwitzer

The history of twelve lost estates written by ten distinguished local historians. With over 60 rare illustrations and maps, this book has been highly praised in national reviews and by local people. [Read more…] about People and Places – Lost Estates in Highgate, Hornsey and Wood Green

People and Places-William Jeakes

As the Old Schoolhouse is closed for the time being, we thought we’d share some extracts from HHS publications over the coming weeks and months. [Read more…] about People and Places-William Jeakes

The 2018 HHS Bulletin

Hornsey Historical Society Bulletin 59 contains articles with a wide chronological range, covering aspects of the history of our part of London from the Middle Ages to the present day. [Read more…] about The 2018 HHS Bulletin

The Archway Inquiry: A First Hand Account

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 had been prompted by a proposal to develop a motorway-standard dual carriageway road from the Wellington pub junction, north of Highgate village, and the old London County Council boundary at Archway Bridge. That proposal would have meant, (i) the demolition of about 170 houses and shops, (ii) increased deterioration in the environment, (iii) a blight on property and on the lives of many people in the area. [Read more…] about The Archway Inquiry: A First Hand Account

The Deer Park of the Bishops of London in Highgate

A talk by Malcolm Stokes which will tell the story of the Deer Park in Highgate, founded in the twelfth century, which has given the area such a rich inheritance of open, green spaces. [Read more…] about The Deer Park of the Bishops of London in Highgate

The Town or Hamlet of Highgate

The story of a London village over 800 years

This DVD, originally a video, tells the fascinating story of Highgate’s development using rare images and archive documents brought together for the first time. [Read more…] about The Town or Hamlet of Highgate

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From Our Archive

Newsletter 38 : December 1986

Newsletter 40 : August 1987

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