It is with great sadness that I have to report the passing of Peter Garland, aged 82.
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The latest articles and news from the Hornsey Historical Society.
Waste Land Cottages, Muswell Hill Road

This evocative image is on a postcard gifted to the Society by nonagenarian Edwin Monk whose book, Memories of Hornsey, was the first to be published by HHS in 1976. …
Madam Uzielli’s Almshouses, Pages Lane

The Archive holds two copies of this photograph; one gifted by Bridget Cherry, HHS Vice President and architectural historian, and the other by Ken Gay, Muswell Hill’s historian and HHS …
HHS Bulletin Back Copies

We are beginning to make back copies of the Hornsey Historical Society’s award winning Bulletin available for sale online.
Two Parish Cottages in Hornsey High Street

Wealthy residents, together with officials of the ancient parish, had at various times since the early seventeenth century, provided cottages for the poor at different locations, often on waste land.
HHS Book Wins Award

At the London & Middlesex Archaeological Society (LAMAS) local history conference, held at the Museum of London on Saturday 19 November 2022, it was announced that David Frith’s book, The …
More HHS Books for Sale Online

We are are gradually adding more of our books for sale online and have just added four more.
Highgate – The Woolaston and Pauncefort Almshouses

This 1990 Archive photograph is part of the Joan Schwitzer Bequest. These ancient almshouses still stand in the heart of Highgate Village on a road in use for centuries and …
Voluntary Care in Hornsey and Wood Green – Introduction

The Covid pandemic has raised the profile of care for the elderly and shone a light on what is all too often their isolation and vulnerability. We take for granted …