The latest articles and news from the Hornsey Historical Society.
Once Upon a Time in Crouch End 1860 – 1980 is a Shared Learning Project organised by the Crouch and District University of the Third Age and Hornsey Historical Society. The planned …
Unfortunately the Old Schoolhouse will be closed until further notice. We will post here as soon as we can with information on re-opening.
With the wellbeing of our Members our highest priority, and in line with the latest advice from the Government and Public Health, we regret to announce that all HHS lectures …
In light of the government’s latest advice on social distancing we have taken to the decision to suspend the Local History Surgeries until further notice. We will update here and …
Bowes Park Weekly News, 6 October 1906
Grand old man of confectionary dies at green old age
Unfortunately the Friends of Hornsey Church Tower trip that was scheduled for Saturday April 25th, the Towers and Turrets Tour, has been postponed because of the Coronavirus. This is a precautionary …
Cromwell House on Highgate Hill is the only Grade 1 listed building in the former Borough of Hornsey.
HHS Bulletin 61 is full of varied articles ranging from the mid-seventeenth century to the present day.
The issue includes Katy Ferguson on that wonderful local resource, the Park Road Lido, and David Pashley and Steven Wright, who have in very different ways explored the history of the roads in which they live, Mount View and Ferrestone.
The Muswell Hill Record, 14 February 1908
It is gratifying to notice on all sides a distinct revival in the building trade, so far at least as Muswell Hill is concerned.
In June 2005 readers of the HHS newsletter were presented with a puzzle – a postcard from 1906 written in code.
Here is the solution presented in the following Newsletter, number 104, together with some members’ responses.