002: St Joseph’s Retreat St. Joseph’s Retreat is the Order of Passionists’ HQ in England. They built a chapel here in 1858, on the site of the Black Dog Inn; this building, by Albert Vicars, was consecrated in...
Read more on Wikipedia A short distance up Highgate Hill from Archway Station is the Whittington Stone, recalling one of England’s most cherished legends: the spot where Dick Whittington and his cat, about to return to Gloucestershire in disillusionment, heard the Bow...
Lavinia Quivers Hornsey Lane, an ancient road, formerly MaidenLane. Historic buildings at the Highgate end includethe 17th century No. 20. Read more on...
Visit Historic England website The world’s oldest Estate Agents, found in 1767. When enterprising auctioneer, John Prickett, born 1733, settled in the tiny hamlet of Highgate he could not have known he would be the founder of a thriving family business which would be...
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