# Alan Dumayne

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'''Alan Peter Dumayne''' (21 April 1929 – 30 April 1998) was an historian of [North London](/source/North_London) known for his lectures and books on the history of [Southgate](/source/Southgate%2C_London), [Palmers Green](/source/Palmers_Green), and [Winchmore Hill](/source/Winchmore_Hill).

==Life==
Alan Dumayne was born in [Harringay](/source/Harringay) on 21 April 1929<ref name=death>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=bmd%2fd%2f1998%2f5%2f82468168 England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription.] Retrieved 28 July 2016. {{subscription required}}</ref> before moving with his family to Winchmore Hill in 1933. His father was John A. Dumayne, and his mother was Ruby E. Dumayne, née Bartlett.<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=bmd%2fb%2f1929%2f2%2faz%2f000338%2f148 England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription.] Retrieved 28 July 2016. {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=TNA%2FR39%2F0884%2F0884D%2F024%2F26 Alan P Dumayne on the 1939 Register.] Retrieved 28 July 2016. {{subscription required}}</ref> He was educated at Winchmore Junior School and [Southgate County School](/source/Southgate_County_School) (1940–46).<ref name=dumayne/><ref>[http://www.southgatecountyschool.co.uk/memorial.php The War Memorial.] Southgate County School, 8 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2016.</ref> Dumayne completed two years of [national service](/source/national_service) and married Sheila Dawson in 1952.<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=bmd%2fm%2f1952%2f4%2faz%2f000312%2f093 England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription.] Retrieved 28 July 2016. {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>[http://www.n21.net/winchmore-hill-n21-historical-exhibition.html N21 Festival Historical Exhibition.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822015711/http://www.n21.net/winchmore-hill-n21-historical-exhibition.html |date=2016-08-22 }} N21.net, 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2016.</ref> They lived in Winchmore Hill and later Southgate and had two children, Richard Sydney and Jacqueline Anne.<ref name=dumayne>Dumayne, Alan. (1987) ''Southgate: A glimpse into the past''. London: Alan Dumayne. p. ix. {{ISBN|0951228609}}</ref> Dumayne was a member of Winchmore Hill United Reformed Church.<ref>[http://www.winchmorehillurc.co.uk/the-church History.] The Church by the Bridge. Retrieved 28 July 2016.</ref>

Dumayne was a director of his father's building firm but his real enthusiasm was for local history which he credited to the discovery that his new home in Southgate, at Chandos Avenue, was on the site of the grounds of the former [Beaver Hall](/source/Beaver_Hall), home to three generations of the Schneider family.<ref>Dumayne, 1987, pp. 144-145.</ref>

He completed books on the history of Southgate, Palmers Green, and Winchmore Hill, as well as taking a significant number of photographs of these areas and lecturing on local history. In 1990 he was diagnosed with leukaemia. He died on 30 April 1998.<ref>Dumayne, Alan. (1988) ''Southgate in Old Photographs''. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. pp. 7-8. {{ISBN|0750920009}}</ref>

==Selected publications==
*''Southgate: A glimpse into the past''. Alan Dumayne, London, 1987. {{ISBN|0951228609}}
*''Once Upon a Time in Palmers Green''. Alan Dumayne, London, 1988. (three editions)
*''Fond Memories of Winchmore Hill''. Alan Dumayne, London, 1990. {{ISBN|0951228625}}
*''The Old Borough of Southgate''. [Alan Sutton](/source/Alan_Sutton_Publishing), Stroud, 1998. (Britain in Old Photographs) {{ISBN|0750920009}}
*''The London Borough of Enfield''. Alan Sutton, Stroud, 1996. (Britain in Old Photographs) {{ISBN|0750910275}}

==See also==
*[David Pam](/source/David_Pam)

== References ==
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Category:Historians of Middlesex
Category:Winchmore Hill
Category:Southgate, London
Category:People from Harringay
Category:People from Southgate, London
Category:Writers from the London Borough of Haringey

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