All local history Events (64)

HORNSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY LECTURE : Medieval Pilgrim Badges by Keith Fawkes

May 9, 2018 from 8pm to 9pm – The Union Church Hall Keith Fawkes traces the origins of pilgrimage, pilgrim badges and holy and curative wells, and their effect on society up to the Reformation. The talk focuses mostly on the London area but includes… Event added by Deirdre Stowell-Smith | Type: talk, lecture, local history

Morning conference: Sisters, Sirens and Saints - Imagining the Women of Beatrice Offor

March 21, 2020 from 10am to 12:30pm – Bruce Castle Museum Beatrice Offor (1864 - 1920) was one of the first women who trained at The Slade and was a popular artist in her day - although, like many other women artists, she is overlooked in art history. Bruce… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: conference, local history, morning conference, art history, women's history month

A Curator's Walking Tour: Around Fred Fisk's Tottenham

September 27, 2021 from 12:15pm to 1:30pm – Bruce Castle Museum Join Deborah Hedgecock, Curator of Bruce Castle Museum, as she leads a circular walk from Bruce Castle Museum around north Tottenham sharing highlights, stories and photographs taken by Fred Fisk, lo… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: local history, tottenham history, bruce castle museum, walking tour, haringey heritage, bruce castle, tottenham

Online History Talk: Picture Shows before Cinema

September 29, 2021 from 7:30pm to 9pm – Online via Zoom Cinema was only the climax of a long history of Victorian fascination with visual novelty that stretched back to the Georgian era. Film and media historian Ian Christie has been collecting some of th… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: online event, local history, cinema history, film heritage, online history talk

& another thing… ampersands and other stories

December 1, 2021 from 7:30pm to 9pm – online event How have ampersands evolved? How have they been used? What are the strangest ones? Graphic designer, creative director, illustrator and type nerd Lydia Thornley is Bruce Castle Museum's special guest… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: online talk, typography history, typography heritage, graphic design, bruce castle museum, local history, haringey heritage, haringey history

Victorian Marvels, Memorials and Monuments - A walking tour of Tottenham Cemetery

April 25, 2022 from 12:15pm to 2pm – Bruce Castle Museum and Archive An absorbing and fascinating place to visit, the 50 acres of Tottenham Cemetery is a peaceful haven to explore and an important record of the social history of the area. Join your guide Deborah Hedge… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: local history, tottenham history, bruce castle museum, walking tour, haringey heritage, bruce castle, tottenham, tottenham cemetery

Secrets of Bounds Green: A Guided Walk

March 24, 2024 from 11am to 1pm – Alexandra Palace Station, Join qualified tour guide Ellika for this walk around the streets of Bounds Green, exploring how the dramatic changes to work, population and transport of the 19th and 20th centuries led to the devel… Event added by Elli | Type: guided walk, local history