The next Pinner Local History Society talk is The Story of the Guinness Park Royal Brewery 1936-2005 by David Hughes on Thursday 6th November, at 8pm at the Pinner Village Hall. Built in secret on the old Royal Show Ground at Park Royal, the Guinness brewery, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, opened in 1936. It […]

Appeal for an Honorary Secretary Over the last two to three years, we are thrilled to report that the Pinner Local History Society is growing once again. We have seen both an increase in our membership and number of visitors attending the monthly talks.  The monthly talks are very well attended and the ‘Make Your […]

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.