Islington bibliography

The titles and articles listed below are just some of the written material available for reference at Islington Local History Centre.

Finsbury (Clerkenwell and St Luke’s): Topography

Ainsworth, Alan Clerkenwell: change and renewal. Alan Ainsworth/ObliqueImage, 2010.

Cosh, Mary An historic walk through Clerkenwell. Islington Archaeological and Historical Society, 1987.

Cosh, Mary The squares of Islington 1: Finsbury and Clerkenwell. Islington Archaeology and History Society, 1990.

Cromwell, Thomas K History and description of the parish of Clerkenwell. 1828.

Finsbury Borough Council The Finsbury Story. Henry A Davey, 1960.

Hidson, Roy People, places and plaques. Islington Libraries, 1993.

Islington (London Borough) Finsbury then and now [information pack]. Islington (London Borough). Education Library Service, 2004.

Levy, Eleanor Moorfields, Finsbury and the City of London in the Sixteenth Century. London Topographical Record, XXV1, 1990.

Mingard, W Vere The story of Islington and Finsbury. T Werner Laurie, 1915.

Pinks, William J The history of Clerkenwell. 1865.

Saint, Andrew & Temple, Philip (eds) Survey of London – Vol. 46: south and east Clerkenwell. English Heritage; Yale University Press, 2008.

Saint, Andrew & Temple, Philip (eds) Survey of London – Vol. 47: northern Clerkenwell and Pentonville. English Heritage; Yale University Press, 2008.

Tames, Richard Clerkenwell and Finsbury past. Historical Publications, 1999.

Waller, Jessie L The story of Finsbury retold for children Finsbury (Borough Council) Public Libraries, 1965.

Willats, Eric Streets with a story: the book of Islington. Islington Local History Education Trust, 1987.

Islington: Topography

Allardyce, Alex The village that changed the world: a history of Newington Green, London N16. Newington Green Action Group, 2008.

Baker, T F T (ed) The Victoria history of the county of Middlesex. - Vol. 8: Islington and Stoke Newington. Institute of Historical Research/Oxford University Press, 1985.

Cosh, Mary A history of Islington. Historical Publications, 2005.

Cosh, Mary An historical walk through Barnsbury. Islington Archaeology and History Society, 1981.

Cosh, Mary The squares of Islington 2: Islington Parish. Islington Archaeology and History Society, 1993.

Coull, Thomas History and traditions of Islington. T Miles, 1861.

Cromwell, Thomas K & Storer, J & H S Walks through Islington: comprising an historical and descriptive account of that extensive and important district, both in its ancient and present state, together with some particulars of the most remarkable objects immediately adjacent. Sherwood Gilbert and Piper, 1835.

Dowsing, James Byways of Islington. Sunrise Press, 2002 (Continued over page)

Harris, Charles Islington. Hamish Hamilton, 1974.

Hart, Vada & Withey, David Islington. Islington (London Borough). Library and Leisure Services; Alan Sutton, 1995.

Hidson, Roy People, places and plaques. Islington Libraries, 1993.

Howitt, William The northern heights of London, or, Historical associations of Hampstead, Highgate, Muswell Hill, Hornsey and Islington. Longmans, Green and Co, 1869.

Lewis, Samuel A History of the parish of St Mary’s Islington. 1842

Mingard, W Vere The story of Islington and Finsbury. T Werner Laurie, 1915.

Nelson, John The history of Islington: the history, topography and antiquities of the parish of St Mary Islington in the County of Middlesex. Rev. ed., Philip Wilson, 1980.

Richardson, John Islington past. Historical Publications, 2000.

Roberts, Sonia The story of Islington. Robert Hale, 1975.

Shields, Pamela Essential Islington. Sutton Publishing, 2000.

Shields, Pamela Islington: the first 2000 years. HHH Publishing, 2000.

Smith, Gavin Islington. Chalford Publishing, 1995.

Smith, Gavin Islington: the second selection. Tempus Publishing, 2002.

Sugden, Keith History of Highbury. Islington Archaeology and History Society, 1984.

Tomlins, Thomas A perambulation of Islington. James S Hodson; K J Ford and Son, 1858. University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1985.

Usborne, Ann A portrait of Islington. Damien Tunnacliffe, 1981.

Victoria County History of Middlesex Vol. VIII: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes. Oxford

Willats, Eric Streets with a story: the book of Islington. Islington Local History Education Trust, 1987.

Zwart, Pieter Islington: a history and guide. Sidgwick and Jackson, 1973.

Finsbury and Islington: Miscellaneous

Cooper, Michael & Fussell, Angela The Irish in Islington. London Borough of Islington Economic Development Unit, 1988.

Draper, Chris Islington's cinemas and film studios. Islington (London Borough), 1989.

Edwards, Marjorie Up the Cally: the history and recollections of London's old Caledonian Market. Marketprompt Ltd, 1989.

Forshaw, Alec 20th Century buildings in Islington. Islington Society, 2001.

Manley, Bill Islington entertained: or, a pictorial history of pleasure gardens, music halls, spas, theatres and places of entertainment. Islington (London Borough). Public Libraries, 1990.

Sugden, Keith (ed.) Criminal Islington: the story of crime and punishment in a Victorian suburb. Islington Archaeology and History Society, 1989.

Temple, Philip Islington chapels: an architectural guide to Nonconformist and Roman Catholic places of worship in the London Borough of Islington. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1992.

Ward, Robert London’s New River. Historical Publications, 2003.

Revised December 2015

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