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In a current discussion about Haringey Council's Review on monuments, building, place and street names in Haringey, a comment was made about the origin of the…

In a current discussion about Haringey Council's Review on monuments, building, place and street names in Haringey, a comment was made about the origin of the…

Where did West Green's Black Boy Name Come From? In a current discussion about Haringey Council's  Review on monuments, building, place and street names in Haringey, a comment was made about the origin of the name of the former Black Boy pub on West Green Road. Eager to understand as much as possible about the facts on this issue, I emailed Bruce Castle Museum to ask what they could tell me. It is with many thanks that I publish below, with their permission, their response to me drawn together from known original archival sources and past research for exhibitions and books. I'm enormously g...

Haringey's African, Caribbean, Asian and Indigenous Heritage, 1610 to 1840 (From All Hallows, Tottenham records within London Metropolitan Archives The London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) has just announced the publication of a new project dataset, Switching the Lens - Rediscovering Londoners of African, Caribbean, Asian and Indigenous Heritage, 1561 to 1840.   This resource focuses on records of over 2600 people of colour found in Anglican parish registers at LMA and is the result of research carried out by staff and volunteers which began in 2000 and continues today at LMA. The LMA writ...