People

Articles, books, postcards, photographs and other resources about the lives of people who have lived in the area. The material is organised alphabetically by title and will be added to gradually over the coming year.

A Crouch End Housewife’s Story (1948)

A fascinating 12 minute film, without sound, of Mrs Mary Cannon of Crouch Hill doing the shopping and picking up her ration books in post-war Crouch End. [Read more…] about A Crouch End Housewife’s Story (1948)

A Goldmine of Memories

David Winskill reviews “Memories of Tenants of Margaret Hill House”

Margaret Hill House on Middle Lane has always brought to mind a large German Schloss! I think that is because of the big round tower on the corner of Palace Road and the broad, low pitched roof. [Read more…] about A Goldmine of Memories

An Introduction to St Mary’s Hornsey Churchyard

By Joan Schwitzer

The author sets out short biographies of ten notable Victorians and their families and gives the location of their graves in the churchyard. [Read more…] about An Introduction to St Mary’s Hornsey Churchyard

Buried in Hornsey – The Graves of St. Mary’s Churchyard

By Joan Schwitzer

This illustrated booklet gives a brief history of St. Mary’s Church and a conducted tour around the churchyard describing the tombs, gravestones and memorials of some of Hornsey’s famous former residents. [Read more…] about Buried in Hornsey – The Graves of St. Mary’s Churchyard

Dr Barton’s Airship

An article by Eleri Rowlands

It is little known that that London suffered its first air raid not in World War Two, but just over one hundred years ago, in May 1915. Bombs were dropped not from planes but from the German Zeppelin airships. It is even less well known that ten years previous to that, a similar dirigible or directional air ship had taken off from Alexandra Palace. [Read more…] about Dr Barton’s Airship

Ever Heard of the Local Architect and Surveyor John Farrer?

An article by Janet Owen

John Farrer (1843-1930), a self-made Victorian entrepreneur who lived in Crouch End for forty years of his life, was responsible for designing over eighteen hundred houses and shops for seventy three roads in our area and he laid out fifteen estates for local landowners and builders. [Read more…] about Ever Heard of the Local Architect and Surveyor John Farrer?

Addison to Dunsford

This page contains details of the men listed on the first panel of the 1914-18 Memorial Board at St Mary’s Church Tower, Hornsey. [Read more…] about Memorial Board Names – Panel 1

People

A Crouch End Housewife’s Story (1948)

A Goldmine of Memories

An Introduction to St Mary’s Hornsey Churchyard

Buried in Hornsey – The Graves of St. Mary’s Churchyard

Dr Barton’s Airship

Ever Heard of the Local Architect and Surveyor John Farrer?

Hornsey: Birthplace Of Lotus Cars

Index of Memorial Board Names

John Farrer – The Man Who Changed Hornsey

Memorial Board Names – Panel 1

Addison to Dunsford

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