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| Rails to the People's Palace by Reg Davies and The Parkland Walk by David Bevan (4th edition 2006) | ||
| A revised and updated edition of this popular book by railway enthusiast Reg Davies which tells the story of the railway line which once ran between Finsbury Park and the Alexandra Palace from 1873 to 1954. Contains a section on the Parkland Walk which replaced the railway by local conservationist David Bevan. | ||
| ISBN 0 905794 11 7 | £4.95 + 0.60p p&p | |
| Haringey's Hidden Streams Revealed by Albert Pinching and David Dell (2005) | ||
| Retraces the routes of Haringey's several natural streams which once flowed in the open from the "northern heights" of Highgate and Muswell Hill but are mainly now underground. Surviving evidence of their original routes is described in a narrative embellished by almost 100 illustrations including early prints and maps, past and present photos and historical references. | ||
| ISBN 0 905794 35 4 | £12.00 + £2.00 p&p | |
| Alexandra Palace: A Hidden History by Janet Harris (2005) | ||
| A new account of the story of the early years of the "Ally Pally " which focuses on its use as refugee and internment camp during the First World War. Much archival information and 90 illustrations bring to life the largely untold story of the several thousands of Austrian and German internees as well as the refugees from Europe to whom the Palace was home between 1915-1919. | ||
| Tempus Publishing | £12.99 + £1.40. p&p | |
| Memories of Hornsey by Edwin Monk (3rd Edition 2005) | ||
| HHS's first publication in 1976, edited and revised by Dr Joan Schwitzer. Monk's recollections of Hornsey in the 1880-1890s now Includes additional material by the author subsequent to the original publication. It is also embellished by contemporary photographs including nine from the esteemed North Middlesex Photographic Society Collection. | ||
| ISBN 0 905794 36 2 | £4.95 + 0.60p p&p | |
| Palace on the Hill by Ken Gay (3rd Edition 2005) | ||
| With a unique collection of photographs, this book tells the true story of the "People's Palace", as well as the facts and the legends, from its origins on rural Muswell Hill to the present time. Recently updated. | ||
| ISBN 0 905794 08 7 | £4.95 + 0.60p p&p | |
| Gin and Hellfire: Crouch End in the 1820-30s by Peter Barber (2004) | ||
| Based on the memoirs of Rev Henry Batchelor, son of the head coachman at Crouch Hall during its ownership by gin distiller John Gillyat Booth. This book provides a vivid account of the lives of rich and poor in Crouch End at that time. Contains many illustrations including previously unpublished contemporary oil paintings, maps and views. Winner of the LAMAS Publications Award in 2005. | ||
| ISBN 0 905794 34 6 | £8.95 + £1.50 p&p | |
| Haringey Pubs by Chris and Hazel Whitehouse (2004) | ||
| In the Tempus "Images of London" format this book describes many of Haringey's famous and less well-known hostelries located in Highgate, Hornsey, Wood Green and Tottenham, some dating from mediaeval times. Contains over 170 illustrations from the extensive Bruce Castle Museum archive with informative captions. | ||
| Tempus Publishing Ltd | £12.99 + £ 1.20 p&p | |
| Haringey at War by Deborah Hedgecock and Robert Waite (2004) | ||
| Another book in the "Images of London" series drawing upon the extensive Bruce Castle Museum photographic archive. Contains over 180 illustrations with informative captions capturing the trials and tribulations of the people of Haringey during the First and Second World Wars. | ||
| Tempus Publishing Ltd | (No ISBN) | £12.99 + £1.20 p&p |
| Highgate Library: a Century of Service, by Susan B. Chinn (2003) | ||
| This book tells the story of how the local library service evolved and how this popular local institution was built, staffed and operated throughout its hundred-year history, celebrated in 2002. It also records the struggle against its proposed closure in the 1980s.The informative text is enlivened by a large number of mostly previously unpublished photographs. | ||
| Highgate Library Action Group | (No publisher) | £ 5.95 + 0.80p p&p |
| Tottenham & Wood Green - Past & Present by Christine Protz and Deborah Hedgecock (2003) | ||
| This book in a popular series contains 117 pages contrasting Victorian and Edwardian views with those of today. Informative captions provide a good historical background to these mostly changing districts. | ||
| Sutton Publishing | (No ISBN) | £11.99 + £1.40 p&p |
| The Clays of Muswell Hill - a Victorian Printing Dynasty by Malcolm Drummond (2003) | ||
| This book is about a "lost" Haringey mansion, Avenue House on Muswell Hill, the family who lived there and their connections and influence on the printing industry, and how the site became the present Rookfield estate. The author, a descendant of the Clays, using new sources of information has given insight into the development of the neighbourhood. The book includes previously unpublished Victorian photographs and a memoir written by the author's grandmother, Violet Clay. | ||
| (No publisher) | ISBN 0 905794 33 X | £15.00 + £1.20 p&p |
| Muswell Hill - History & Guide by Ken Gay (2002) | ||
| In a new format local historian Ken Gay uses some 150 views, most previously unpublished, to illustrate his account of Muswell Hill's unfolding story. In addition a guided tour, as an appendix, introduces routes by which the suburb's past and present can be explored. | ||
| Tempus Publishing Ltd. | (No ISBN) | £12.99 + £1.40 p&p |
| Model for London: Victorian Farm School to Modern Primary by Joan Schwitzer (2002) | ||
| The history of St Michael's Primary School Highgate, told for the first time, against the background of local and national developments like the rival early systems and the 1870 Forster Act leading to universal free primary education. The author, originally a historian of diplomacy lecturing at London University switched to the history of education whilst teaching at St Michael's is well qualified to tell this story. | ||
| (No publisher) | ISBN 0 905794 31 1 | £9.95 + £2.00 p&p |
| The Story of Harringay Stadium & Arena by Mike Ticher (2002) | ||
| In the 1920s and 30s Harringay became one of the most important sporting venues in London. While the Stadium pioneered the new sports of greyhound racing and speedway, the Arena popularised ice hockey for the first time in Britain and became the capital's best-loved boxing venue. Mike Ticher, Guardian sports journalist, relates the extraordinary rise and painful fall of the two venues that made Harringay famous. Full of fascinating illustrations. | ||
| (No publisher) | ISBN 0 905794 29 X | £4.00 + 0.60.p p&p |
| Crouch End Clock Tower by Joan Schwitzer (Revised edition 2002) | ||
| A new and revised edition describing one of our local landmarks. Now includes photographs. | ||
| (No publisher) | ISBN 0 905794 30 3 | £2.50p + £0.40.p p& p |
| Wood Green Past by Albert Pinching (2000) | ||
| The first history of a district which began as an unpretentious hamlet and is now mainly residential but also an important shopping centre of north London. Wood Green's past is surprisingly interesting and well recounted in this lavishly illustrated hardback book in a popular format. | ||
| Historical Publications Ltd. | (No ISBN) | £15.95 + £2.30. p&p |
| A Park for Finsbury : Finsbury Park at the Millennium compiled by Hugh Hayes (2001) | ||
| A well produced book in A4 format describing the origins, development, ups and downs and ambitions for Finsbury Park. Features a range of coloured archive maps, prints and photos. | ||
| Friends of Finsbury Park. | (No ISBN) | £4.99 + £1.30. p&p |
| Gateway to the City - the Archway Story by Simon Morris and Towyn Mason (2000) | ||
| Highgate Archway bridge was London's (probably the world's) first flyover, begun in 1812. This book celebrates the centenary of the building of the present bridge. | ||
| (No publisher) | ISBN 0 905794 28 1 | £4.50 + 0.90p p&p |
| Buried in Hornsey: the graves of St. Mary's Churchyard by Joan Schwitzer (2000) | ||
| This illustrated booklet gives a brief history of St. Mary's Church and a conducted tour around the churchyard describing 1he tombs, gravestones and memorials of some of Hornsey's famous former residents. | ||
| (No publisher) | ISBN 0 905794 27 3 | £ 2.50 + 0.40p p&p |
| Geology from a churchyard: a tombstone trail round St. Mary's, Hornsey by Eric Robinson (2000) | ||
| This illustrated booklet, written by an eminent local geologist, provides an informative account of the materials, design and features of St. Mary's 18th and 19th century gravestones and tombs. | ||
| (No publisher) | (No ISBN) | £1.95 + 0.30p p&p |
| A History of Muswell Hill Ken Gay (1999) | ||
| The first complete chronological story of Muswell Hill, illustrated from the author's personal collection. Here you will find you need to know about Muswell Hill. | ||
| (No publisher) | ISBN 0 905794 25 7 | £6.50 + £1.05 p&p |
| Memories of Highgate from a Keeper's Lodge by Liza Chivers (2nd edition 1999) | ||
| A long-awaited reprint in an attractive new format of this book, first published in 1982. Liza grew up in the Keeper's Lodge of Queens Wood, Highgate (now an ecology centre and café). A unique memoir of life before and after the first world war, when Highgate was still a rural as well as an urban community. | ||
| (No publisher) | ISBN 0 905794 24 9 | £3.00 + 0.70.p p&p |
| People and Places: Lost Estates in Highgate, Hornsey and Wood Green. Edited by Joan Schwitzer. (1996) | ||
| The history of twelve lost estates written by ten distinguished local historians. With over 60 rare illustrations and maps, this book has been highly praised in national reviews and by local people. | ||
| (No publisher) | ISBN 0 905794 17 6 | £9.90 + £2.30 p&p |
| The Old Dairy at Crouch Hill by John Hinshelwood (1999) | ||
| The Friern Manor Dairy building (now a restaurant) is renowned for the rare decorative panels that adorn it. This is their story and that of a local dairying family, beginning in the 1840s. An original piece of research with wonderful and rare illustrations. | ||
| (No publisher) | ISBN 0 905794 23 4 | £2.50 + 0.40.p p&p |
| In Times Past by Peter Curtis (3rd edition 1998) | ||
| Our best seller. More than 100 old photographs of Wood Green, Tottenham, West Green and Harringay with captions that tell the story of Haringey in Victorian and Edwardian days. | ||
| (No publisher) | ISBN 0 905794 07 9 | £5.95 + £1.05 p&p |
| From Forest to Suburb by Ken Gay (1988) | ||
| Traces the formation of the Parish of Hornsey, and the urbanisation of Crouch End, Finsbury Park, Muswell Hill and Highgate, the achievement of Borough status in 1903 and its history up to the eve of war. | ||
| (No publisher) | --- | £3.00 + 0.60p p&p |
| Home Fires edited by Joan Schwitzer with Ben Travers (1992) | ||
| Hornsey at war! Dramatic eyewitness accounts and vivid photographs of how the Second World War affected Hornsey and its people, plus pull-out map showing bomb damage suffered in our area (originally published as HHS Bulletin No.33). | ||
| (No publisher) | --- | £3.50 + 0.70p p&p |
| Haringey Before Our Time by Ian Murray (1993) | ||
| The first and most authoritative history of Haringey - the area before it became a borough. Includes drawings rarely seen in print. Of special interest to schools. | ||
| (No publisher) | ISBN 0 905794 09 5 | £2.70 + 0.40.p p&p |
| The Little School by Joan Schwitzer.(1994) | ||
| The story of Hornsey Infant School built in 1848 in Tottenham Lane, which became the headquarters and shop of Hornsey Historical Society. (See below). | ||
| (No publisher) | ISBN 0 905794 21 4 | £1.60 + 0.40.p p&p |
| Making History Together - the first 25 years of Hornsey Historical Society by Joan Schwitzer. (1998) | ||
| Our own story up to 1996, closely linked to The Old Schoolhouse which became our headquarters and shop in 1981. The Little School (see above) is a companion volume. | ||
| (No publisher) | --- | £3.00 + 0.40.p p&p Both above books. £4.00 + 0.70p p&p |
| All Highgate is a Garden by E. Cunnington and F. Rust. | ||
| Founded in 1859, Highgate Horticultural Society played a major role in the life of Highgate Village. A portrait of Highgate life over a period of 130 years | ||
| (No publisher) | --- | £2.00 + 0.70p p&p |
| Highgate and Muswell Hill by Joan Schwitzer and Ken Gay | ||
| A splendid collection of over 250 archive photographs of these two areas, with a full commentary on each. | ||
| Tempus Publishing Ltd. | --- | £12.99 + £1.50. p&p |
| Hornsey and Crouch End by Ken Gay (1998) | ||
| In a popular series this book contains almost 200 photographs of the area with captions giving the historical background. | ||
| Tempus Publishing Ltd. | --- | £10.99 + £1.20 p&p |
| The Growth of Muswell Hill by Jack Whitehead (illus. Henry Hagger). | ||
| A major work by this distinguished local historian takes us from the remote past, through the years of Victorian and Edwardian expansion, to the present. | ||
| (No publisher) | --- | £9.95 + £2.00 p&p |
| London's Lea Valley - Britain's Best Kept Secret by Jim Lewis | ||
| From potteries to pumping stations, trains, planes and plastics, reveals the unique contribution to industry and technology made by the people of the Lea Valley. | ||
| Phillimore & Co. Ltd. | --- | £14.99 + £2.10 p&p |
| London's Lea Valley - More Secrets Revealed by Jim Lewis | ||
| Follow-up to the previous volume - see above. | ||
| Phillimore & Co.Ltd | --- | £14.99 + £2.30 p&p |
| Hornsey Town Hall by Bridget Cherry (1995) | ||
| An authoritative account of this prize-winning Grade 1 listed building. | ||
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| Our famous series of local walks, each in a handy pocket-sized format, written by local historians. Illustrations by local artists: Peter Garland or Oliver Cox. | |
| Crouch End - a Walk by Bridget Cherry and Ken Gay (2003) | ||
| (HHS) | --- | £2.00 + 0.40 p&p |
| Highgate Walks by Joan Schwitzer (Revised 2004) | ||
| (HHS) | --- | £3.00 + 0.40 p&p |
| A Walk Around Muswell Hill by Ken Gay (Revised 2003) | ||
| (HHS) | --- | £2.00 + 0.40 p&p |
| Hornsey Village - a Walk by Ken Gay (1993) | ||
| Illustrations by Peter Garland. | ||
| (HHS) | --- | £2.00 + 0.40 p&p |
| A Walk Along Ancient Boundaries in Kenwood by Malcolm Stokes | ||
| Illustrations by Peter Garland. | ||
| (HHS) | --- | £2.00 + 0.40 p&p |
| A Stroud Green Walk by Ken Gay (Revised 2002) | ||
| Illustrations by Peter Garland. | ||
| (HHS) | --- | £2.00 +0.40 p&p |
| Discovering Old Wood Green - A Walk by Albert Pinching (1998) | ||
| Illustrations by Peter Garland. | ||
| (HHS) | --- | £3.00 + 0.40 p&p |
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| Published annually and sent free to members of HHS, these contain a wide range of articles on well-researched subjects, often with rare photographs from personal collections. | |
| HHS Bulletin No. 41 (2000) | ||
| (HHS) | --- | £3.00 + 1.00 p&p |
| HHS Bulletin No. 42 (2001) | ||
| (HHS) | --- | £3.00 + 1.00 p&p |
| HHS Bulletin No. 43 (2002) | ||
| (HHS) | --- | £3.00 + 1.00 p&p |
| HHS Bulletin No. 44 (2003) | ||
| (HHS) | --- | £4.50 + 1.00 p&p |
| HHS Bulletin No. 45 (2004) | ||
| (HHS) | --- | £4.50 + 1.00 p&p |
| HHS Bulletin No. 46 (2005) | ||
| (HHS) | --- | £4.50 + 1.00 p&p |
| HHS Bulletin No. 47 (2006) | ||
| (HHS) | --- | £4.50 + 1.00 p&p |
| Bulletin Contents List | ||
| (HHS) | --- | £2.00 + 0.40 p&p |
| Bulletin Index | ||
| (HHS) | --- | £2.00 + 0.40 p&p |
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| No.48 Domesday & Origins of Edmonton Hundred | ||
| (EHHS) | --- | £2.00 |
| No.53 Reflections on Education in Tottenham over the past three Centuries | ||
| (EHHS) | --- | £1.50 |
| No.54 Wartime Letters from the Tottenham Home Front | ||
| (EHHS) | --- | £2.50 |
| No.55 Heinous & Grievious Offences | ||
| (EHHS) | --- | £2.00 |
| No.56 Elizabethan Times in Tottenham and Enfield | ||
| (EHHS) | --- | £5.00 |
| No.57 Edmonton in the Early Twenties | ||
| (EHHS) | --- | £2.50 |
| No.58 Madam Susannah Avery, Her Book | ||
| (EHHS) | --- | £2.50 |
| No.59 Scholars & Pluralists -Three Tudor Vicars of Enfield | ||
| (EHHS) | --- | £2.50 |
| No.60 The Mediaeval Merchant Gentry of Edmonton Hundred | ||
| (EHHS) | --- | £2.50 |
| No.61 A Southgate Childhood and Highfield House | ||
| (EHHS) | --- | £2.50 |
| No.62 Winchmore Hill - a Wooded Hamlet | ||
| (EHHS) | --- | £3.00 + 0.60 p&p |
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| St. Mary's Tower: a brief history and guide by Bridget Cherry (1993) | ||
| (FoHCT) | --- | £1.50 + 0.40p p&p |
| St. Mary's Church, Hornsey by Ian Murray (1990) | ||
| (FoHCT) | --- | £1.50 + 0.40 p&p |
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| All our maps are printed 6 inches to the mile, except for Nos. 2 and 5, printed 25 inches to the mile. We send maps in cardboard tubes at a cost of £1.20 for up to 4 maps. | |
| 1. Hornsey 1873 16x22 inches | ||
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| 2. Area around the OSH, Tottenham Lane, 1864 | ||
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| 3. Alexandra Park area 1894 16x22 inches | ||
| --- | --- | £1.00 |
| 4. Highgate, Finsbury Park and Holloway 1894-6 16x22 inches | ||
| --- | --- | £1.00 |
| 5. Muswell Hill and Fortis Green 1864 (4 sections) | ||
| --- | --- | £1.50 |
| 6. Highgate, Muswell Hill, Crouch End, Hornsey & Wood Green 1920 16x22 inches | ||
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| 7. 1939-45 Bomb Damage in Hornsey (from "Home Fires") | ||
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| Popular large scale Ordnance Survey plans in a useful folded format. All carryan introduction to the history of the area and reproduce material from contemporary street directories. We normally stock the following local maps: | |
| Alexandra Park 1894 | ||
| East Finchley 1894, 1911 | ||
| Finsbury Park 1894, 1912 | ||
| Friern Barnet 1898 | ||
| Gospel Oak 1894, 1912 | ||
| Hampstead 1866, 1894, 1915 | ||
| Highgate 1869, 1894 and 1913 | ||
| Hornsey 1894, 1912 | ||
| Kenwood & Golders Hill 1894 | ||
| Muswell Hill 1894 | ||
| New Barnet 1896 | ||
| Palmers Green 1912 | ||
| Stamford Hill 1868, 1894, 1914 | ||
| Stoke Newington 1868, 1894, 1914 | ||
| Tottenham 1894, 1936 | ||
| Tottenham North 1894 | ||
| Whetstone 1897 | ||
| Upper Holloway 1869, 1894, 1914 | ||
| Winchmore Hill 1896 | ||
| Wood Green 1894, 1912 | ||
| Also some adjacent areas - please call for details. | ||
| Alan Godfrey Maps | --- | £2.20 + 0.30p p&p |
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| Our Northern Heights | ||
| Our much acclaimed, best-selling first video. Written and directed by Andy Attenburrow, it tells the story of Hornsey, Highgate, Muswell Hill and Crouch End through the years 1850 to 1939. Rare and beautiful photographs illustrate, together with an informative narration, live interviews and specially composed music. Runs for 68 minutes. | ||
| --- | £13.99 (£12.00 to HHS members) + £1.10 p&p | |
| The Town or Hamlet of Highgate | ||
| Our second video. Written and directed by Andy Attenburrow, here is the hidden history of Highgate from medieval times to the 1930's; from highwaymen to 'high' culture - opium addict and resident genius Samuel Taylor Coleridge! Home to merchants, magistrates, schoolmasters, preachers, poets and philanthropists. In three parts, with a narration by Bill Paterson, Juliet Stevenson and Tim Pigott-Smith, with hundreds of rare archive images, live interviews and music. Total running time 132 minutes. (2001) | ||
| --- | £10.00 + £1.15. p&p | |
| A Palace for the People | ||
| This unique 85-minute video was made by local company KLA, carefully using allmajor archive sources, with special help from HHS. Two years in the making, it is a combination of rare film, photographs and interviews, telling the whole fascinating story from the Palace's early inspiration up to the devastating fire of 1980. | ||
| KLA | --- | £14.99 + £1.10 p&p |
| My Hornsey of 75 Years | ||
| A personal reflection by local amateur film-maker David Evans on a lifetime inHornsey. This 120-minute informative video contains both historical andcontemporary material covering many aspects of Hornsey. | ||
| Spider's Web Films | --- | £14.00 + £1.10 p&p |
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| The Story of Barratt's Sweet Factory | ||
| This 57-minute DVD by local film-maker David Evans tells the story of theformer famous Wood Geen institution, Barratt's & Co., Confectioners. Itcontains much historical information, interviews and describes the presentusage of parts of this piece of Wood Green's heritage. | ||
| Spider's Web Films | --- | £10.00 + 0.80p p&p |
| Hornsey: Yesterday & Today | ||
| Further reflections by local film-maker, David Evans, on Hornsey's changing scene. | ||
| Spider's Web Films |
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| Please see our separate list of historical postcards offering early views of: Crouch End, Highgate, Hornsey, Stroud Green, Tottenham, West Green and Wood Green. This list is also available on our website at www.hornseyhistorical.org.uk | |
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Visit our shop to view our collection of old photographs dating from the 1860s.
Alternatively, ask us whether we have a photo of your street taken in Victorian or Edwardian times. Good quality photographic re-prints can be made available and make fine gifts. E-mail enquiries to sales@hornseyhistorical.org.uk |
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