Highbury, N5

Highbury is a place located in the London Borough of Islington. Highbury has the post code number N5. The population of Highbury is 21,959 (2001 census). The Arsenal Stadium, former home of Arsenal football club, is located in Highbury, and is often referred to by that name. Arsenal F.C. have now moved to a new stadium at nearby Ashburton Grove. The old Highbury Stadium will be converted to residential buildings. Highbury is situated 4.4 km north of London (Charing Cross). Its area is approximately 500 acres (2 km²).

Highbury lies between the following places:

Finsbury Park, north of Highbury
Holloway, west of Highbury
Islington and Canonbury, south of Highbury
Newington Green, southeast of Highbury
Stoke Newington, east of Highbury

The area now known as Highbury was part of the larger manor of Tolentone, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Tolentone was owned by Ranulf brother of Ilger and included all Islington, the areas north and east of Canonbury and Holloway Road. The manor house was situated by what is now the east side of Hornsey Road near the junction with Seven Sisters Road. After the manor decayed, a new manor house was built in 1271 (see below) to the south east; to differentiate it from the original manor and because it was on a hill, it was called Highbury, from which the area takes its name.

In 1913 Woolwich Arsenal Football Club moved north to Highbury, dropping Woolwich from its name. Their chairman Henry Norris took a 20 year lease on part of the grounds of St John’s Hall for £20,000. The new Arsenal Stadium (also called Highbury) was built there. St John’s Hall, originally called Highbury College (of Divinity), was built in 1825 on what is now Aubert Park and was a grand ionic stye building, reminiscent of the British Museum. St John’s Hall burnt down in 1946 and was replaced by a block of flats.

The club prospered and by 1925 had purchased the freehold. Arsenal's subsequent success made Highbury well known, although this had a depressing effect on nearby housing. In 2006 the club moved to a new stadium on the west side of Drayton Park in Holloway and the old ground and some of its stands will be converted to residential dwellings.

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