Our Northern Heights

Our Northern Heights DVD cover

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.

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The Athenaeum, Muswell Hill

The Athenaem, 1905

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.  Cinemas of Haringey by Jeremy …

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The Barralet Collection

St James' Church, Muswell Hill

This collection consists of 64 photographs taken by Joseph Percy Barralet between 1886 and 1889 and donated by his nephew to HHS in 1981. It is an important example of …

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The Collins Family

WJ Collins in Wolsley car c1925

Wherever you are in Crouch End or Muswell Hill you are never more than a short distance from a house or building built by the Collins family. Beginnings This family …

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The Mossy Well, Muswell Hill

The Mossy Well, 2016

When the building served milk not alcohol

Substantial building development has changed the appearance of the top of Muswell Hill. The Green Man, probably a public house from the mid-16th century, has become Pinnacle, luxury town houses and apartments.

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The Rookfield Estate

The Rookfield Estate

Muswell Hill’s Garden Suburb

By David Frith

This book traces the early history of the Rookfield Estate from when the site was first enclosed from Muswell Hill Common to its acquisition by W. J. Collins in 1899. It includes a history of the Collins family who were responsible for the development of the Estate.

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