The latest articles and news from the Hornsey Historical Society.
This special guest article tells the story of Joshua Toulmin Smith – a barrister, geologist, historian and local government campaigner buried in St Mary’s Churchyard.
In St. Mary’s Churchyard in Hornsey High Street there is a row of flat gravestones that are hardley visible. One of these bears a unique inscription.
Last month HHS members enjoyed a fascinating walk through the streets of Whitehall Park expertly guided by Oonagh Gay.
Another fascinating talk on Monday 20th, this time about the Toulmin Smith family who continue to have strong Hornsey connections.
When the Tsar abdicated in 1917, the Allies realised that the dynamics of their fight
against the axis powers of Germany, Austria the Ottoman Empire had shifted. Many
Russian soldiers simply made their way home – they had a revolution to attend to.
An exhibition of photographs and maps by Ben Nathan tracing natural spring water and sewage in Bounds Green Brook.
‘Our Side of the Bridge’ tells the story of how a steep hillside south of Hornsey Lane became what is now known as the Whitehall Park Conservation Area.
January’s HHS lecture was unusual for two reasons.
