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Croquet Ground in Finsbury Park

The Illustrated London News of 19th June 1869 tells us that the the part of Finsbury Park under which lies the water reservoir (that's the…

Started by Hugh

0 Jan 19, 2018

Harringay, Hornsey or Green Lanes? The 1888 view...

As we all know, there is a constant debate about whether our illustrious neighbourhood should be called Harringay, Green Lanes, Harringay G…

Started by Bethany Burrow Atherton

18 Jan 8, 2018
Reply by Lauren

Sad story of the last 10 years of T.S. Eliot's first wife in Harringay

Tom Eliot (T.S. Eliot) cut an impressive figure when he arrived in England. To Vivienne Haigh-Wood, meeting him for the first time in March…

Started by Hugh

5 Dec 29, 2017
Reply by Hugh

More on Northumberland House

Following my find of the photos of the interior of Northumberland House a few years ago, I've just come across an old sale description of t…

Started by Hugh

18 Dec 29, 2017
Reply by Hugh

Harringay Photographic Society, 1893

From The British Journal Of Photography, January 13, 1893 Harringay Photographic Society. January 5, Inaugural Meeting. The Chairman (Mr. D…

Started by Hugh

3 Dec 21, 2017
Reply by Hugh

The Bishop of Harringay!

I was interested to read in an Act of Parliament from 1830* that there apparently used to be a Bishop of Harringay. *IX. Geo. IV. c. 25.…

Started by Hugh

3 Nov 1, 2017
Reply by JoeW

A Middle Class Victorian Life In Woodberry Down

In the course of my occasional research into the pre-twentieth century history of Woodberry Down over the past few months, I've come across…

Started by Hugh

3 Oct 29, 2017
Reply by Richard Woods

The German Lady on Lausanne Road

The following article was written by Martyn Day and published on the St Margarets Community Website (an area of Richmond). I've mentioned t…

Started by Hugh

8 Oct 28, 2017
Reply by Richard Woods

Parr Family Photo Album from Harringay Ladder 1902-1903

See my posting in the main forum.

Started by Hugh

0 Oct 20, 2017

Calls for a Harringay Entrance to Finsbury Park Echo Edwardian Demands

Despite Finsbury park being within Harringay's boundaries, we feel quite separated from it due to the lack of entrances from Harringay.  Fo…

Started by Hugh

7 Jul 31, 2017
Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE)

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