Sunday, 17th May, was the centenary of Frank Matcham’s death, probably the most creative theatre architect the UK has produced. He was responsible for designing 150 spectacular buildings all over the …
This book is about a “lost” Haringey mansion, Avenue House on Muswell Hill, the family who lived there and their connections and influence on the printing industry, and how the site became the present Rookfield estate.
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 …
Hornsey Journal, 5 January 1928
The death occurred at his residence “Bishopsfield” Broadlands-road, Highgate on Tuesday of Mr John James Sainsbury, the founder of the well-known firm of provision merchants. He was 83 years of age.
The Friends of Priory Park N8 are working with a company to design a sundial to be placed in The Philosophers’ Garden in the park. But why does the garden …
Clementina (Clemmie) May, the youngest child of Henry and Sarah Elder of Topsfield Hall, Crouch End, who married Frank May, Chief Cashier of the Bank of England in 1879, recalled her memories a few months before her death in 1942, aged 92.
The story of the Two Faithful Servants plaque is moving towards a very satisfactory conclusion and featured this week in the local press.The story featured in this week’s Ham & …
Many of us were familiar with the work of our colleague Albert Pinching who sadly passed away in July 2021. It was really interesting to read more about his life …
A marble memorial to Mary Parsons and Elizabeth Decker, who were servants to a Hornsey family for 57 and 47 years respectively in the late 18th/early 19th centuries, has been …