The name Stroud Green signifies a wet, marshy place, overgrown with brushwood and liable to flooding. [Read more…] about A Brief History of Stroud Green
Stroud Green
A Walk around Stroud Green
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From Our Archive
Newsletter 6: 6 January 1972
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Eleven HHS members and friends took part in an enjoyable walk round Stroud Green on October 30th, starting at Finsbury Park Station. The excellent weather gave us some splendid views from the vantage points of Finsbury Park and Mount View Road and the tour was enlivened by the reminiscences of several local members. [Read more…] about A Walk around Stroud Green
CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES
An advertisement from the Hornsey Journal, 6th December 1918
Messrs Harvey and Shillingford
Crouch End, Hornsey and Stroud Green
Our firm has a small but well assorted stock which show exceptionally good “war value”. The coming Christmas promises to be a truly happy one, for the burden which has been hanging over us for the last four years has been removed. [Read more…] about CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES
Holy Trinity, Stroud Green
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From Our Archive
Newsletter 132: September 2012
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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. The first was St Michael, Highgate in 1832 and Holy Trinity was established in 1878 on the corner of Granville and Stapleton Hall Roads. [Read more…] about Holy Trinity, Stroud Green
Life in Lockdown Gallery Two
This is the second of our Lockdown Galleries – a collection of images reflecting the affects of the lockdown on our area; from streets devoid of activity to public messages of hope and thanks, and the changing nature of business as we’ve adapted to life in lockdown. view the photographs
Lockdown in Stroud Green
We are hoping to add to our Lockdown Gallery of images with a collection of people’s written accounts of their experiences during the Lockdown period. In this way we hope to have a written as well as a visual record of these months. [Read more…] about Lockdown in Stroud Green
Lost Houses: Stapleton Hall, Stroud Green
We continue the series on Lost Houses of the Hornsey area with this important Stroud Green addition.
There is not much left of Stapleton Hall, but what there is became a listed monument in 1986 and now forms part of a complex of flats on Stapleton Hall Road in Stroud Green. Not far away on Crouch Hill the Stapleton Tavern uses the same name as the house and road. [Read more…] about Lost Houses: Stapleton Hall, Stroud Green
Stroud Green – A History and Five Walks
By John Hinshelwood
This book in a new format describes the growth and development of Stroud Green from a wet and marshy wasteland in mediaeval times to the present-day cosmopolitan suburb. [Read more…] about Stroud Green – A History and Five Walks
Stroud Green Postcards
The 2019 HHS BULLETIN
The articles in HHS’s Bulletin 60 focus on the century between the ending of the First World War and the present day. [Read more…] about The 2019 HHS BULLETIN