Wood Green

A Brief History of Wood Green

Present day Wood Green forms part of the London Borough of Haringey and is situated about six miles north of the City of London. [Read more…] about A Brief History of Wood Green

Discovering Old Wood Green – A Walk

By Albert Pinching with illustrations by Peter Garland [Read more…] about Discovering Old Wood Green – A Walk

An enduring best-seller. More than 100 old photographs of Wood Green, Tottenham, West Green and Harringay with captions that tell the story of Haringey in Victorian and Edwardian days. [Read more…] about In Times Past

People and Places – Lost Estates in Highgate, Hornsey and Wood Green

Edited by Joan Schwitzer

The history of twelve lost estates written by ten distinguished local historians. With over 60 rare illustrations and maps, this book has been highly praised in national reviews and by local people. [Read more…] about People and Places – Lost Estates in Highgate, Hornsey and Wood Green

The Changing Years: The History and Development of Wood Green

London Screen Archives

This 30 minute film, made in 1961, can be viewed online at the London Screen Archives. It tells the history of Wood Green from tiny hamlet to major shopping centre told through still photographs and additional materials including maps, paintings, engravings, newspaper advertisements, motion footage. [Read more…] about The Changing Years: The History and Development of Wood Green

The Story of Barratt’s Sweet Factory

This documentary by local film-maker David Evans tells the story of the former famous Wood Geen institution, Barratt’s & Co., Confectioners. [Read more…] about The Story of Barratt’s Sweet Factory

Tottenham and Wood Green – Then & Now in Colour

By Christine Protz and Deborah Hedgecock

This 96-page hardback introduces a new format from The History Press. It presents an old view from the Bruce Castle Museum archive in sepia and a modern full colour view, by local photographer Henry Jacobs, of forty-two locations in Tottenham and Wood Green accompanied by informative text. [Read more…] about Tottenham and Wood Green – Then & Now in Colour

Wood Green (1974-1976)

A British Pathe report about the difficulties faced by Haringey Council developing Wood Green in the 1970s. [Read more…] about Wood Green (1974-1976)

Wood Green Past

By Albert Pinching

The first history of a district which began as an unpretentious hamlet and is now mainly residential but also an important shopping centre of north London. Wood Green’s past is surprisingly interesting and well recounted in this lavishly illustrated hardback book in a popular format. [Read more…] about Wood Green Past

Wood Green Postcards

Fishmongers' & Poulterers Almshouses, High Road

Green Lanes steam tram at Duckett's Common, 1889

The Printers' Almshouses, Bounds Green Road

Wood Green County School, 1910 now St Thomas More School

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