Location
Hookhams Corner is the junction between the Pacific Highway, Carrington Road, Galston Road (which goes to Galston) and Old Berowra Road. It is also the name of an unbounded locality encompassing the area, as well as the site of two large water storage tanks that supply the surrounding area. (wikipedia)
History
Hookham’s Corner was originally called Five Ways due to five roads coming together (Galston, Carrington, Old Berowra and Peats Ferry Roads and what was then a track heading north to what is now Asquith.
Alfred Edward Hookham was born in 1858 at Chippendale and married Emma Mitchell in 1880. They moved to Hornsby and had 5 children between 1886 and 1895. His wife died in 1895 and he re-married Edith Howe in 1897 having another 5 children. Alfred lived in Peats Ferry Road and as a carpenter he built a number of homes in the Hornsby area from the 1890s to early 1900s. Hookham’s Corner where he lived was named in his honour. The first reference to Hookham’s Corner was published in the Cumberland Argus newspaper on 5th September 1903. (hornsbyshirerecollects.com.au)
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