Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
History of Harringay and Neighbouring Areas Discussions (401)
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Old Hornsey police stationThere has been a police building in Hornsey from at some point in the first half of the nineteenth century, or late eighteenth century un… Started by Hugh |
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Jan 3, 2023 Reply by Hugh |
How Hornsey dealt with the 'idle poor' two hundred years agoAll towns and parishes in the country had poor residents to deal with. Some did so more compassionately than others. The Poor Law of 1601 g… Started by Hugh |
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Oct 28, 2021 Reply by Dick Harris |
Hornsey and Wood Green Synagogue in picturesFor many years a synagogue stood on the site in Wightman Road where the mosque is now located. The Hornsey and Wood Green Affiliated Synago… Started by Hugh |
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May 25, 2023 Reply by Hugh |
A whiff of scandal, the chink of coin, a dose of mismanagement and the Grand Old Man of Cricket: Harringay Cricket Field in the Golden Age of CricketI'm neither a cricketer not a cricket fan and I've never given much of a thought to Harringay's former cricket ground in the north eastern… Started by Hugh |
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Sep 18, 2021 Reply by Geoffrey Walker |
Decoding a Watercolour of Eighteenth Century Crouch End BroadwayFig 1: John Bewick watercolour of Tottenham Lane, c 1791. (Click the image for a larger version) I've had a digital copy of the above ima… Started by Hugh |
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Sep 30, 2021 Reply by Agabus |
Old Crouch Hall, Linslade House and Colquon (Holne House)Fig. 1: Old Crouch Hall, c1885 in its guise as the Old Crouch Hall School Old Crouch Hall was on the east side of Tottenham Lane (now Cro… Started by Hugh |
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Sep 23, 2021 Reply by Hugh |
Fly through Elizabethan LondonBack in 2013, a group of De Montfort university students entered a competition at the British Library and ended up creating a fascinating… Started by Hugh |
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The 'Magic Electric Bottle' and other Hewitt Road specialities130 Hewitt Road, and the houses behind it in the passage at the back the shops, may be best known to those who pass it these days for the… Started by Hugh |
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Aug 13, 2021 Reply by Geraldine |
A short history of Harringay's manufacturing areaHarringay's manufacturing area, 1951 (marked for cropping for original publication). The view is looking east. Left to right are Hermitage… Started by Hugh |
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Aug 13, 2021 Reply by Hugh |
The Gentleman Highwayman of Hornsey RoadHornsey Road was once famed as the haunt and sometime hideout of a notorious 'gentleman highwayman', Claude Duval. His story and its connec… Started by Hugh |
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Jun 10, 2022 Reply by Ken Stevens |
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