1894 Hornsey became an urban district and in 1903 a municipal borough. In 1965 Hornsey's area was combined with Tottenham and Wood Green to form the present-day London Borough of Haringey.
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Hornsey District Council
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Coronation decorations
Borough of Hornsey ERII 2 June 1953 Awarded to the residents of Bryanstone...
Hornsey Central Hospital war memorial
This plaque is placed above the door of the War Memorial building. It seems t...
Maria Hawes Ware water fountain
The quotation on the obelisk is from the bible, Proverbs 14:27. The quotation...
Queens Wood
Previously known as Churchyard Bottom Wood, the wood was renamed in honour of...
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Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister: 1979 - 1990. Born Grantham. MP for Finchley: 1959 - 1992. A Marmite politician of the highest order - her death was greeted with a rare mix of immoderate panegyrics and gleeful cele...
5 memorials
Councillor W. G. Spittle
Member of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee, West Ham, 1905. This Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health, West Ham, 1909 gives more of his name, referring to 'W. G. Spittle.
1 memorial
Thomas Paine
Revolutionary. Born Thetford, Norfolk. Emigrated to the British American colonies and took part in the American Revolution. Travelled to France in 1781 and became sufficiently involved in politics ...
Person, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, France, USA
2 memorials
John Dormay
Churchwarden of All Saints Church, Wandsworth in 1841. Andrew Behan has researched this man: John Dormay was born on 29 November 1802 in Wandsworth, the son of Peter Dormay and Jane Dormay née Bur...
1 memorial
Miss K. Keene
Elected Guardian of the Lewisham Union - Lewisham in 1894.
1 memorial
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World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
403 memorials
Margaret Rutherford
Stage and film Actor. Born Margaret Taylor Rutherford in Balham. She was well into her thirties before she started acting, but rapidly established herself as a much sought after character actress. ...
2 memorials
Yvonne Green
Born in Canada and married to a Canadian army officer. Living at 34 Old Church Street. A part-time Auxiliary Fire Service driver. One of five fire-watchers killed as the night bombs fell on Chelsea...
War dead non-military, WW2
2 memorials
Hornsey Central Hospital war memorial
N8, Park Road, 151, Hornsey Central Health Centre
This plaque is placed above the door of the War Memorial building. It seems that when opened this building was the entrance hall to the h...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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