However, with two major roads to cross, it may be more convenient to change directly at Canonbury or Highbury & Islington.

During the construction of a new Highbury House in 1781, tiles were found that could have been Roman or Norman ; unfortunately these have been lost.

Following the property boom in the early 1980s, there has been some gentrification in the area and the council has begun selling some of the grand villas to private developers who have the finances to restore them, e. g. in 2004 Islington council sold four buildings on Highbury New Park to developers for £ 1 million each.

Arsenal Football Club have moved, after 93 years at Highbury, to a new stadium at Ashburton Grove in Holloway.

Under modern rules, Bangor would have progressed under the " away goals " rule, but at the time the tie was drawn 3 – 3 and a playoff had to be played, at Arsenal's Highbury Stadium, in London ( this was the first ECWC tie played at Highbury ), and this time AS Napoli won 2 – 1, scoring the winner seven minutes from the end of the match, to put an end to Bangor's dreams for the moment.

" The Spirit of Highbury " – a shrine depicting every player to have played for Arsenal during its 93 year residence – was erected in late 2009 outside the stadium at the south end.

As a youngster, Bent was a supporter of Arsenal, and used to have a season ticket at Highbury.

Despite this, Shaw stayed with the club as they moved across London to Highbury, and was an ever-present in the final season ( 1914-15 ) before first-class football was suspended for World War I.

Upson struggled to force his way into the first team at Highbury making 57 appearances in 6 seasons and also spent time out on loan at Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace and Reading.

At first these were resisted, but with money needed to finance the purchase of The Dell, Southampton reluctantly accepted an offer of £ 3, 250 from Herbert Chapman's Arsenal in spring 1926, and he was on his way to Highbury.

After the war the uncompleted parts of the plan were cancelled and Northern Line trains continued to run to Finsbury Park on what became known as the Northern City Line or, from 1970, the Northern Line Highbury Branch.

Arsenal's initial plan was to expand Highbury to 48, 000 through rebuilding the West Stand and Clock End.

In 1975, the Northern City Line, known by that time as the Highbury branch, was transferred from London Underground to British Rail ; it is now served by First Capital Connect.

The first section to be opened was between Walthamstow Central and Highbury & Islington.

Later that year, the section between Highbury & Islington and Warren Street was opened, again without ceremony.

The name then later mutated to Isledon, which remained in use well into the 17th century when the modern form arose .< ref name = Growth >< cite >' Islington: Growth ', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes ( 1985 ), pp. 9-19 accessed: 13 March 2007 </ ref > In medieval times, Islington was just one of many small manors in the area, along with Bernersbury, Neweton Berewe or Hey-bury, and Canonesbury ( Barnsbury, Highbury and Canonbury-names first recorded in the 13th and 14th centuries ).

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.

The site for Highbury Manor was possibly used by a Roman garrison as a summer camp.

It was presented in 1897 in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the reign of Victoria of the United Kingdom | Queen Victoria. The Manor of Highbury remained the possession of the Knights of St John until it was confiscated by Henry VIII in 1540.

Finally in 1938 Highbury House was demolished and is now the site of Eton House flats ( on Leigh Road ), built by the Old Etonian Housing Association in 1939.

In 1740 a small ale and cake house was opened in the Barn, Highbury.

Instead a 27. 5 acre ( 111, 000 m² ) site, which is now Highbury Fields was saved in 1869 and the 115 acre ( 465, 000 m² ) Finsbury Park were created.

Highbury was bombed during the Blitz and again by V-1 flying bombs.

Highbury Corner had an impressive station and hotel ; that was damaged in this attack but its main building remained in use until demolished in the 1960s during the building of the Victoria line.

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-style building, reminiscent of the British Museum.

The old stadium was converted into a luxury housing complex known as Highbury Square, with the two listed main stands being converted into apartments, ensuring their original exteriors remained almost entirely preserved.

For 40 years from 1965, Highbury New Park was home to Wessex Studios.

Highbury was also home to a movie / TV / recording studio further along the same street, at 65A Highbury New Park ; these studios had a training school next door in a disused church hall.

* The film Killing Her Softly was partially filmed on Highbury New Park.

* The film Fever Pitch was filmed around the Arsenal stadium and along Highbury Hill.

The western curve of the junction will be relaid for the East London Line going to Highbury & Islington station ; the site of the eastern curve is covered by the car park of Kingsland shopping centre.

Southampton continued to progress well under McMenemy's stewardship, and with a team containing Peter Shilton, Nick Holmes, David Armstrong, top-scorer Steve Moran and Danny Wallace reached their highest ever league finish as runners-up in 1983 – 84 ( 3 points behind the champions Liverpool ) as well as reaching the semi-final of the FA Cup losing 1 – 0 to Everton at Highbury Stadium.

The name later mutated to Isledon, which remained in use well into the 17th century when the modern form arose .< ref name = Growth >< cite >" Islington: Growth ", A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes ( 1985 ), pp. 9-19 accessed: 13 March 2007 </ ref > In medieval times, Islington was just one of many small manors thereabouts, along with Bernersbury, Neweton Berewe or Hey-bury and Canonesbury ( Barnsbury, Highbury and Canonbury – names first recorded in the 13th and 14th centuries ).

Arsenal then suffered a 2 – 0 defeat at the hands of Bolton Wanderers before Manchester United completed the double over Arsenal with a 4 – 2 win at Highbury, in which Vieira scored the opening goal.

The Australian rugby league team suffered the first loss of their 1921 – 22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain at Highbury to an English side 4 points to 5 before approximately 12, 000 spectators.

Season ticket sales in 1950 – 51 reached an all-time high and Carlisle challenged strongly for promotion as well as achieving a draw with Arsenal at Highbury in the FA Cup.

In Gannon's first match back at the club, they lost a hard-fought match to joint-leaders Fleetwood Town, 2 – 1, who achieved a record attendance in the fixture at Highbury.

The Wanderers beat Hayes 1 – 0 in the final at Highbury, home of Arsenal.

Although Farnborough were drawn at home, they switched the venue to Arsenal's Highbury stadium ; Farnborough lost the tie 5 – 1.

However, with Hateley in the ascendancy and Mariner regularly sidelined at Highbury during the 1985 – 1986 season, Robson opted not to select him for the England squad which qualified for Mexico ' 86.

June Kathleen Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd of Highbury DBE ( 1 January 1928 – 28 June 2006 ) was a British paediatrician and, in retirement, a cross bench member of the House of Lords.

He made his only league appearance for Arsenal, aged 19, as a substitute against Sheffield United at Highbury during a First Division game on 29 December 1990 ; Arsenal won 4 – 1 but Cole did not score.

Murphy grew up in Highbury, Wellington and attended St. Vincent de Paul School in Kelburn and St. Patrick's College, Wellington ( 1952 – 56 ), before training and working as a schoolteacher.

Barnes made his debut for the Reds, along with Beardsley, on 15 August 1987 in the 2 – 1 league win over Arsenal at Highbury.

He made his league debut on 22 August 1999 in Arsenal's 2 – 1 defeat to Manchester United at Highbury, coming on as a substitute for the final 15 minutes.

He started his career while at Highbury Grove School, resulting in him not taking his O levels – a decision he now regrets.

* November 14 – England beat Italy 3 – 2 in the " Battle of Highbury ".