A Vision of Middlesex – Part One

A Vision of Middlesex book cover

As the Old Schoolhouse is closed for the time being, we thought we’d share some extracts from HHS publications on over the coming weeks and months. A Vision of Middlesex : …

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A Vision of Middlesex – Part Three

Vision of Middlesex cover

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. A Vision of Middlesex : The …

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A Vision of Middlesex – Part Two

Vision of Middlesex cover

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. A Vision of Middlesex : The …

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HHS Bulletin 52

HHS Bulletin 52

A 40th Anniversary edition including articles about the Quakers in Muswell Hill and recollections of trade unionism in Hornsey.

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Restoration by Keith Armstrong

Title page Restoration by Keith Armstrong

To coincide with the reopening of the Alexandra Palace Theatre, Keith Armstrong’s book Restoration: Alexandra Palace The East Wing  is published on Monday 3rd December. From the publisher “The book …

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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 Braddock Collection

Hornsey Pound Friend's Cottages (1890)

Alfred Braddock was a typical early photography enthusiast. He started his working life keeping a tobacconist and stationers shop in Hackney, became a keen amateur photographer in the 1870s and …

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