Memorial

Hornsey County School, Crouch End - WW1 and WW2

Hornsey County School - entire memorial with location of associated plaque

Source: Copyright Eileen Corbitt

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Current Location

First floor lobby to council chamber. However, Hornsey Town Hall is no longer the seat of local government and since 2019 is being redeveloped as a mixed housing and public amenity. Access to the memorial was not possible at that time, though it was reported it should be accessible after November 2021., Hornsey Town Hall, A103, Crouch End, Haringey, Greater London, N8 9JJ, England

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TQ 30174 88314

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 11970
Description: Bronze sculptured figure of St Michael with children at his feet. Figures surmount plinth with school motto and Hornsey coat of arms. WW1 names are on two plaques to either side of the figure. There are then three additional, single name plaques for WW2 before the two, main WW2 bronze plaques. The whole is mounted onto a wooden backboard.
Inscription: OUR SONS AND FELLOWS (Names)/ VINCIT QUI SE VINCIT/ 1914/ 1918/ HORNSEY COUNTY SCHOOL On 2 WW2 plaques: 1939 - 1945 (Names) Plaque adjacent to the memorial: THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THE SCHOLARS OF HORNSEY COUNTY SCHOOL WHO WERE KILLED IN THE WARS OF 1914-1918 AND 1939-1945./ ORIGINALLY HOUSED IN THE SCHOOL HALL IN PEMBERTON ROAD, HARRINGAY, THE MEMORIAL WAS REMOVED IN 1952 WHEN THE SCHOOL CEASED TO BE A GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND WAS REHOUSED IN ST.PAUL'S CHURCH, BURGOYNE ROAD, HARRINGAY, WHICH WAS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL./ DURING THE DISASTROUS FIRE WHICH DESTROYED THE CHURCH IN 1984 THE MEMORIAL WAS ALMOST THE ONLY ARTIFACT WHICH SURVIVED. IT WAS HOPED THAT IT WOULD BE RE-ERECTED IN THE NEW ST PAUL'S CHURCH BUT A SITE IN THE CHURCH SUITABLE TO THE OLD HORNSEYANS ASSOCIATION COULD NOT BE AGREED UPON WITH THE CHURCH AUTHORITIES. IN 1995, HARINGEY COUNCIL AGREED THAT THE MEMORIAL SHOULD REST HERE IN HORNSEY TOWN HALL./ THE BRONZE FIGURE IS BY EMINENT SCULPTOR, RICHARD GOULDEN FRBS, ARCA (1877-1932). A SIMILAR STATUE BY THE SAME SCULPTOR STANDS OUTSIDE ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH, CORNHILL, LONDON.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 50
Died: 50
Information shown: Surname, Initial
Order of names: Surname.

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 31
Died: 31
Information shown: Surname, initial
Order of names: Surname

War: Second World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: Surname, Initial
Order of names: Surname

Current Location

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TQ 30174 88314

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Hornsey County School, Crouch End - WW1 and WW2

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

Hornsey County School, Crouch End - WW1 and WW2

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Names listed on this memorial

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