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Discover fascinating stories from Highgate's past and the diverse history of the communities that make up North London.
Come and chat to organisations who are interested in and knowledgeable about the history of our area, including representatives from local museums, historic houses, history societies and more at this FREE fair!
Confirmed attendees for this year's Heritage fair include:
Camden History Society
Founded in 1970, CHS researches and celebrates the history of a borough that stretches from King's Cross to Hampstead. We publish an annual journal, a bi-monthly Newsletter, and run an extensive programme of talks and events.
Friends of Highgate Library, Chester Road
The Friends of Highgate Library were founded in 1995 and have many times fought to keep our library open. Last year, they celebrated 30 years of success. Now the Friends organise a monthly talk, produce a newsletter and, through their charitable arm, oversee a group of volunteers to jointly manage and staff the library and its programme of community activities.
Highgate School Museum and Archive
Highgate School Museum tells the story of Highgate School though documents, artefacts, photographs and paintings. It opens a window on the past, showing school life though the centuries, our relationship with Highgate Village, and how we endured two world wars. Housed in The Highgate Tabernacle on Southwood Lane and open by appointment, exhibits include a Royal Charter of Queen Elizabeth I, an 1860s slate used by Head Master John Dyne for taking the register of attendance, World War I letters, photographs documenting the School’s evacuation to Devon during World War II, shrapnel from the V-1 flying bomb which landed on the school field in 1944 and art by Sir Kyffin Williams RA and Anthony Green RA.
Highgate Society
The Highgate Society was founded in 1966 by local people who had successfully fought Government plans to route heavy traffic through the heart of Highgate. We aim to make Highgate a better place to live and work. Among our objectives, we aim to share information widely on the geography, history, natural history and architecture of the area, and secure the preservation, protection and enhancement of features of historic or public interest.
Lauderdale House
Come and check out the Victorian bottle we found during the renovations harking back to our time as a convalescence home to St Bartholomew’s Hospital and collection of 1950’s milk bottles discovered in the courtyard excavations. We are also creating social history archives of the wide range of people who have visited over the years. If you have any anecdotes, photographs, objects, letters or other memories regarding Lauderdale House, stop on by and share your stories with us.
LYRIC: Lauderdale's Young Research & Interpretation Collective
Discover the research of our inaugural cohort of LYRIC, Lauderdale's Young Research & Interpretation Collective, a brilliant group of Year 12 scholars who looked at various local history topics including the Victorian railway expansion and political change in Camden to Brutalism, true-crime cases, and stories of Irish immigration.
Check back to see the other amazing groups that will be joining our Heritage Fair, and discover more about our Heritage Weekend programme here
