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...
Other Subjects
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
Michael Bruce Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, financier and Conservative politician. Founded the Westminster Tree Trust.
Sir Idris Pearce
Full name Daniel Norton Idris Pearce. Businessman, executive, and chartered surveyor. In 2000 he was Master in the Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers. That and another affiliation, Honor...
Councillor W. R. Johnson
Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1952.
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St Helen's Catholic Church Chipping Ongar
Named in memory of the Countess Helen Tasker (1823–88) of Middleton Hall, Brentwood, one of the main benefactors. The church was consecrated by Archbishop Manning in 1869 and became part of the Arc...
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...
Dorothy Boehm
Born abroad c.1766 as Dorothy Elizabeth Berney. 1781 married Edmund Boehm (1741-1822) a wealthy West India merchant and director of the East India Company. Their country home was Ottershaw Park. Th...
Queen Elizabeth II
Born 17 Bruton Street, to the Duke and Duchess of York. For information on where she was brought up see Byron Statue. When she was 10 her father became King George VI (on the abdication of his brot...
Harrods bomb
Car bomb planted by the IRA in Hans Crescent, killed 3 police officers and 3 civilians, and injured 90 others.
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