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The latest articles and news from the Hornsey Historical Society.

Crouch End – Past & Present

A DVD by David Evans recording changes in Crouch End over the years using old views and video camera footage including interior views of Hornsey Town Hall and views from the Clock Tower.

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The Town or Hamlet of Highgate

The Town or Hamlet of Highgate, cover

The story of a London village over 800 years

This DVD, originally a video, tells the fascinating story of Highgate’s development using rare images and archive documents brought together for the first time.

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The Urbanisation of Hornsey

John Farrer - The Man Who Changed Hornsey

An extract from John Farrer The Man who Changed Hornsey by Janet Owen London was sucking in people from the countryside as its industrial strength grew throughout the nineteenth century …

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The Parish of Hornsey

Map of Bishop of London's Manor of Hornsey, 1929

The land ownership and holdings of early manors (see The Manor and Sub-Manors of Hornsey) probably defined the borders of Hornsey Parish which contained the bishop of London’s Manor and …

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The Manor and Sub-Manor of Hornsey

Maps

The Manor of Hornsey was said in 1294 to have been part of the Bishop of London’s manor of Stepney from time immemorial. The bishop also claimed that his predecessors …

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An Overview of the HHS Photography Collections

The Old Toll House, Archway Road

Some photographs are from magazines and newsprint and some are photocopies. They cover Hornsey’s local areas and historic local buildings, other areas of Haringey and places outside Haringey such as …

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The Braddock Collection

Hornsey Pound Friend's Cottages (1890)

Hornsey Historical Society holds the negatives of 30 Braddock photographs of Hornsey. Alfred Braddock was a typical early photography enthusiast. He started his working life keeping a tobacconist and stationers …

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