Category: General

The additional signage was installed above the Churchyard notice board facing the High Street by the manufacturer Fitzpatrick Woolmer on the 26th June. The finished board looks very professional and the official name is now very prominently advertised: ‘St Mary’s Churchyard Hornsey’.

Update The Tower was opened by the FoHCT from 2pm to 5pm on Sunday 22nd September as part of the Open House London weekend. Despite the threatening weather the event was a great success with requests to climb the tower again heavily oversubscribed – eleven groups were given guided tours and a short verbal history,…

This year, for the first time, the FoHCT Open Day was held jointly with the Hornsey Community Picnic on Sunday June 16th. The Community Picnic commenced at 12:30pm and the FoHCT Open Day started at 2pm with both events finishing at 5pm. There were some challenges managing the two different start times, but overall this…

Thanks to the hard work of the Friends, volunteer gardeners and the staff of the Council Parks Department, St Mary’s Churchyard Hornsey has retained the Community Green Flag Award for the tenth year running, since the first award was achieved in 2010. This is a great achievement and the flag was hoisted on the 20th…

The four lamp standards on the south side of the churchyard that are not working were reported to Haringey Council in November 2018 and logged on to the system as needing repair on the 3rd December. Haringey’s team checked the lighting but found that the problem was due to the supply infrastructure which is owned…

Friends will remember that last year in March 2018 the Haringey Tree Officer at the time visited the Churchyard in response to concerns raised by the Friends about the health of a number of trees in the Churchyard. There had been a number of ‘falling branch’ incidents over the previous 18 months and a tree…

Thanks to the support of our three Ward Councilors, in late 2016 the FoHCT received a generous grant from the Hornsey Ward Budget which enabled the Friends to purchase new signs and information boards manufactured by Fitzpatrick Woolmer Ltd in Rochester, Kent. A criticism made by a past ‘Green Flag Award’ judge was that “Even…

The Friends 2018 Tower and Turrets Tour took place on Saturday April 28th and the theme was ‘Change and Risk West of London’. The purpose of the event was to visit some of the religious and historic buildings west of London, particularly those that would be impacted by any expansion of Heathrow airport and not…

The FoHCT Open Day was held on Saturday June 16th 2018 from 2pm to 5pm and once again was a successful event with fine weather. Activities during the open day included the very popular tower tours, the teddy bear zip wire experience, tomb and tree trails, the tower history display in the vestry and the…

The Hornsey Community Picnic (also known as ‘The Great Get Together) was held on Sunday the 24th June from 12:30 pm to 4:30pm. This event was organised by the Long View Working Group and featured live music, a bouncy castle, children’s games, art and face painting, food, refreshments and family picnics. The weather was perfect…