Our next meeting will be the ‘Pinner Chalk Mines’, by Mark Bradley is on 5th November at 8.00pm at Pinner Village Hall. Pinner Local History Society welcomes Mark for a fascinating exploration of Pinner’s chalk mines. Mark will uncover the history and background of the workings beneath our local area, explaining why the chalk was mined, how the mines developed […]
PLHS Research Group Presenting at 2026 LAMAS Conference! Date: Saturday, 21st November 2026 Venue: London Museum Docklands We are delighted to announce that the Pinner Local History Society Research Group presentation has been selected for the 60th Annual LAMAS History Conference! This year’s conference theme is An Intelligent Interest: Learning and Education in London History. […]
Pinner is centuries old. It was one of the ten hamlets of the medieval Harrow Manor and is still the most easily distinguishable today. The name Pinner is nowadays considered to be of Saxon origin. Among the oldest written records of Pinner is one telling us that the church was here during the 1230s.
