Hornsey

Hornsey

infobox UK place
country = England
map_type = Greater London
region= London
population=
official_name= Hornsey
constituency_westminster=Hornsey and Wood Green
post_town= LONDON
postcode_area= N
postcode_district= N8
london_borough= Haringey
dial_code= 020
os_grid_reference= TQ305895
latitude= 51.587131
longitude= -0.121950

Hornsey is a district in London Borough of Haringey in north London in England. Whilst "Hornsey" was formerly the name of a parish and later a municipal borough of Middlesex, today, the name refers only to the London district. It is an inner-suburban area located convert|5|mi|km|0 north of Charing Cross, at location Coord|51.587131|-0.121950|​display=inline.

Locale

The area is the location of the Greig City Academy and the Hornsey School for Girls. It is the base of the Hornsey Housing Trust. It forms part of the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.

History

The name "Hornsey" originated from a Saxon chieftan named "Haering"; "'Haering's Hege" was "Haering's" enclosure [Etymology Section in Wikipedia History of Harringay Article] .

Much of Hornsey was built up in Edwardian times, but the tower of the original parish church still stands in its ancient graveyard in Hornsey High Street, at the centre of the old village. Other notable places are the Doragh Gasworks, the former Hornsey Town Hall in Crouch End, and Highpoint and Cromwell House in Highgate.

In 1968 Crouch End was briefly the scene of a student revolt at Hornsey College of Art.


Education

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* Greig City Academy
* Hornsey Secondary School for Girls

Hornsey in Literature, on Film & TV

In Jonathan Coe's 1987 debut novel "The Accidental Woman", the protagonist Maria shares a flat in Hornsey with two women for several years.

Notable current and former residents

Former residents include poets A.E. Housman and Thomas Moore, publisher Andrew Melrose, eminent theatre architect Frank Matcham, soviet communist apologists William Peyton Coates and Zelda Coates. Actor Bob Hoskins grew up here. The once-famous poet Samuel Rogers, a friend of Byron and Dickens, is buried in Hornsey churchyard.

Other notable residents are:

*Sway DaSafo
*Lilian Harvey
*Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer
*Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus Cars
*Simon Pegg, actor

Transport and locale

Nearest places

*Crouch End
*Harringay
*Muswell Hill
*Wood Green
*Finsbury Park
*Highgate

Nearest tube station

* Turnpike Lane tube station

Nearest railway stations

* Crouch Hill railway station
* Hornsey railway station
* Harringay railway station

Notes

External links

* [http://hornseyhistorical.awardspace.com Hornsey Historical Society]
* [http://www.colinchapmanmuseum.org.uk/Index.htm The Colin Chapman Museum and Education Centre] - includes a history of Lotus in Hornsey.
*Local community website used by Hornseyites - [http://www.harringayonline.com/ Harringay Online]


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