Scottish and Welsh Presbyterian churches reflect patterns of immigration into London from other regions of the United Kingdom.

[6][7] Welsh-language poet Dewi Emrys and Timothy Eynon Davies were among those who ministered in the district in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

They made significant contributions to local business and politics as well as to religious institutions (e.g. the founding of the original Finsbury Park Mosque.

[10] There had been a large minority of the African Caribbean diaspora arriving in the area bordering Manor House throughout the same period and as early as the Windrush generation.

In June 2017 the Finsbury Park attack against the Muslim Welfare House drew national and international attention.