The next Pinner Local History Society talk is Horatia in Pinner, by Lily Style on Thursday 10th April at 8pm at Pinner High School. Horatia Nelson Thompson was born at 23 Piccadilly on 29th January 1801. Her mother was Emma, Lady Hamilton and her father was national hero, Admiral Horatio Nelson. The talk will be presented by […]
March Talk Our last talk was Local Road Transport Through the Ages, presented by The PLHS Research Group. The group presented new research into the history of road transport in Pinner and the surrounding areas. Thamar MacIver opened with a look at transport in and around Pinner before the advent of motor vehicles. Thamar covered the period when […]
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.
