History of Harringay and Neighbouring Areas

The History and Neighbouring Areas by Harringay Online

1. History Group Articles & Discussions

This group has a series of articles, including some original research about the neighbourhood history. It's often the case that the discussion element of the group initiates new thinking and leads to the discovery of new learning.

2. Historical Photos and Other Images

More historical photos than you can shake a stick at from 1860 onwards. Our resources include a wide range of photos including some unique ones. 

See a full list of the albums along with links, here. 

3. In the Forum

Sometimes posts about Harringay's history get added to the forum. We've tried to gather as many as possible of those together here, (but there may be unlinked gems!). As with the History Group, discussion often leads to new insights.

4. Film

Historic footage from 1920 on.

5. Wikipedia (the First-ever Published History of Harringay)

A series of eight articles on Wikipedia all thoroughly researched and referenced, if rather hurriedly written by Hugh, which when published in 2007-08, together made up the first ever history of Harringay.

6. Personal Memories Blogs

A 
collection of memories from times past written by former residents of the area.

7. Virtual Blue Plaque Map

A map charting the residences of the more well-known residents from Harringay's  history. (Sadly the Community Walk Map seems not to be functioning 100% with Google Maps any longer, but it still good enough to see the key information).  A work in progress begun in July 2010. More here.

8. Telling Harringay's History

Download a short pdf by Hugh about writing the first history of Harringay (click the picture to download):

9. Timeline

We developed a Harringay timeline on Dipity's innovative website back in 2010. It was a convenient  way to leaf through our neighbourhood's history. Sadly, the Dipity website closed from late 2016. Moist of it survived for a till late 2019 in a version of the page on the Wayback Machine. However, the site seems to have relied on a Google API. This was disabled by Google for all Dipity timelines and now little information is accessible. 

Other sources for Harringay historical info

• Hornsey Historical Society
• Bruce Castle Museum


Other local history links

• Friends of Hornsey Church Tower
• Historic Tottenham


Links beyond Haringey

• London and Middlesex Archaeological Society
• Victorian Society
• London Forum (for London's Civic Societies)
• London and Middlesex Archaeological Society
• London Westminster And Middlesex Family History Society
• Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society
• Comprehensive list of London history links on London and Middlesex Archaeological Society website (click our link then select links towards bottom of left hand column)