Islington Museum
Explore Islington’s stories of the people, the places and the ideas that created our borough. The Friends of Islington Museum support the museum in all its activities!
Get involved to learn about the borough’s hidden histories, explore our collections and learn about what makes Islington such a fascinating place to live, work, and play.
Islington Museum
Visit to explore Islington’s story through free exhibitions and programming.
Current Exhibition
Our Islington: Art of the Borough
Celebrating Islington’s artists, with chances to add your own creations. 12/09/24 – 12/01/24
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Islington Archives
Visit to do hands-on exploration of our archive of 100,000+ documents related to the borough.
Islington Heritage Projects
Learn about how we are conserving Islington’s heritage and bringing art to the borough.
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 1 October to 4 October
Location: AGHYL DERE (Anzac) Date: 01.10.15 Trenches shelled about midday and also between 16.00 and 19.00; less than a dozen shells in all no damage done. From 16.30 onwards heavy bombardment of Hill 100 to Sandbag Ridge; observation made by ? and reported to Brigade. At dark two officer patrols sent out on a special…
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Finsbury park man in Gallipoli: newspaper story
Islington Daily Gazette and North London Tribune 30th September 1915 Finsbury Park man in Gallipoli ~~~~ How he dodged the snipers ~~~~ “The extravagance or a wash.” ~~~~ If the British Tommy at the Front is asked when he would like to come home, he would reply, “When the Germans are whacked.” The phrase is…
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September: we remember
Using data from census records, war graves and war memorials we can begin to discover the names of those from the historic boroughs of Finsbury and Islington who died at Gallipoli. In September we remember the death of: Finsbury Riffles 08/09/1915 Rifleman B. Miller 09/09/1915 Rifleman J.H.C. Davis 10/09/1915 Rifleman J. Mott 11/09/1915 Corporal Edgar…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 22 September to 30 September
Location: AGHYL DERE (Anzac) Date: 22.09.15 Hostile aeroplane over trenches about 11 am. Between 4.30 and 5.30pm heavy bombardment of lines. Two men wounded, one machine gun out of action and damage done to parapet of trenches in parts. At night small parties of Turks again seen in neighbourhood of advanced post. Two officer patrols…
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Canonbury rate collector’s adventures: newspaper story
Islington Daily Gazette and North London Tribune 16th September 1915 Canonbury rate collector’s adventures ~~~~ Somewhere in Gallipoli ~~~~ Cake badly wanted. ~~~~ We have received a copy of a letter from Mr. R. A. Jordan, the Canonbury rate collector, who is serving “somewhere in Gallipoli.” He writes:- I have landed at last. We arrived…
