Our next meeting will be the ‘Smoke, Soot and Steam’, The building of the world's first underground railway by David Burnell is on 1st October at 8.00pm at Pinner Village Hall. David will look at the building of the world's first underground railway in London, the Metropolitan Railway, which opened on January 10th, 1863. David will talk about […]
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.
