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In 1371 the variant, Haryngeay, was recorded. Sixteen years later Haringey appeared for the first time. Of the three present-day forms, this is therefore the oldest. Haryngay appeared in 1393 and finally in 1569 Harringay was first used.
The variant that finally became Hornsey (the London district) first developed the addition of an 's' in the middle of the word with the use of Harnsey, recorded in 1392. Hornsey, in its modern form, didn’t appear until 1646. Right up until the close of the eighteenth century, there is no doubt that all variants of the name referred to the same area, around present-day Harringay and Hornsey. However from the late Tudor period on, the Hornsey version took precedence in common usage. The Harringay form survived in use more as a legal entity and in the manor records for the Manor of Harringay.
The building of a large mansion, Harringay House, in 1792, at the top of the hill in between the present-day Hewitt and Allison Roads, saw the divergence of meaning of the hitherto interchangeable names. From this time on, Hornsey was used to refer to the present day London district and subsequently the parish and Middlesex borough. Harringay came to mean the house, its surrounding park and finally the present-day London district. It also continued as the common name used in manorial records.
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