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 …
HHS Bulletin 41 includes articles about Hornsey libraries, Hornsey’s Public Housing, and W.E. Gladstone and Holy Trinity, Stroud Green.
HHS Bulletin 49 includes articles about Joseph Percy Barralet, St George’s Georgians Tennis Club and the beginnings of Scouting in Hornsey.
Bulletin 51 includes an appreciation of the life and work of Joan Schwitzwer and a look at the myth of Stapleton Hall.
Bulletin 62 marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of the HHS in 1971, and while we could not celebrate the occasion as we had hoped, due to the pandemic, maybe this issue, with its special cover, afforded some consolation.
The Parish of Holy Trinity was the fifth to be carved out of the original Anglican parish of St Mary, Hornsey, as the population grew.
Reproduced from the Hornsey Journal, 11 May 1945
Profound relief was the dominant note in Hornsey’s rejoicings on the morning of VE Day.
Many of us are deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. She will be remembered fondly, as great example of service to the nation and the …
Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus Cars, started the business here in Hornsey.
Congratulations to Ian Christie for winning a prestigious Theatre Library Association (TLA) Book Award earlier this month. Ian won the 2019 Richard Wall Memorial Award for an exemplary work in the …