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Arnos Grove () is an

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of north

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, England, within the

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. It is centred north of Charing Cross. It is adjacent to New Southgate. The natural grove, larger than today, was for many centuries the largest woodland in the chapelry of

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in the parish of

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. It became inter-related with Arnos Park when its owner was permitted to enclose much of its area through the widespread legal practice of

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of the

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to create the former park, the heart of which is now public parkland. It is close to its borough's borders with two others: Barnet and

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. The area is centred 1km north of the

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. The modern area of Arnos Grove is centred on the western end of Bowes Road. The estate from which it gets its name centred on what is now Morton Crescent. The road that runs from Morton Crescent eastward (to Southgate) is also called Arnos Grove.

Etymology

The area's name derives from that of an estate called ''Arnoldes Grove'' or ''Arno's Grove'', i.e. 'grove or copse of the ''Arnold'' family'. The Arnolds were local landowners who are mentioned in documents dating from the 14th century.

History

Arnos Grove was, until the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII, owned by the Nuns of Clerkenwell.LondonTown.com - Arnos Park
It was known as Armholt Wood in the 14th century, and later as Arnolds. A Tudor manor house was erected on the site, but was demolished in 1719 – presumably by James Colebrook, who bought the estate in the same year and built a mansion called Arnolds in Cannon Hill,

. Locals called the estate Arno's and the next owner, Sir William Mayne (later Lord Newhaven), renamed the house and estate

Arnos Grove Arnos Grove () is an area of north London, England, within the London Borough of Enfield. It is centred north of Charing Cross. It is adjacent to New Southgate. The natural grove, larger than today, was for many centuries the largest woodl ...

, which is now pronounced as though it never had an apostrophe.Hidden London - Arnos Grove
On 19 September 1932 Arnos Grove Underground station was opened, as part of the extension of the

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Piccadilly line to

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. In the years that followed Arnos Grove changed from a rural area to being fully developed – the part of the estate to the north of Arnos Park was, for example, built up by 1939. The main public facilities at Arnos Grove were built in the 1930s. These include Arnos Pool and Bowes Road Library, both of which underwent major refurbishment in the mid-2000s, like Arnos Grove tube station.TfL - Arnos Grove improved
The library and swimming pool, along with Arnos Park, the extensive facilities at Arnos Grove station (such as Ash House, the six sidings, and three tracks through the station with four platforms) and the proximity of Arnos Grove to the

North Circular The North Circular Road (officially the A406 and sometimes known as simply the North Circular) is a ring road around Central London in England. It runs from Chiswick in the west to Woolwich in the east via suburban North London, connecting ...

, which had been built in 1929, made Arnos Grove a desirable area to live in. The southward expansion of Arnos Grove, which was initiated by the bias of facilities to the south of the original estate, was aided by the destruction of parts of New Southgate during

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. There is now an almost continuous line of shops between Arnos Grove and New Southgate, via Betstyle Circus, making the areas closely linked.

Parent districts and administrative areas

Until the building of its tube station Arnos Grove was largely undeveloped and rural. As its name suggests it was not a manor, parish or district in its own right.A P Baggs, Diane K Bolton, Eileen P Scarff and G C Tyack, 'Edmonton: Other estates', in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5 ed. T F T Baker and R B Pugh (London, 1976), pp. 154-161. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol5/pp154-161

which included all parts of Southgate was one of five parishes of

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, one of five hundreds in

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. The heart of the hundred became the

. As new parishes arose, the area became, in turn, a westerly part of

upgraded from a late medieval chapelry in the mid 19th century, and closely associated with New Southgate later in that century, which is south of Arnos Grove and overlaps. The tube terminus station,

Arnos Grove tube station Arnos Grove is a London Underground station located in Arnos Grove in the London Borough of Enfield, London. It is on the Piccadilly line between Bounds Green and Southgate stations and is in Travelcard Zone 4. The station opened on 19 Septem ...

, has cemented its own district status in the popular naming of UK urban places which is rarely rigorously defined. The relatively recent creation of the local Anglican parishes, civil parishes and later changes in early local government body name and electoral wards in this area means Arnos Grove is rarely mentioned with reference to any of its parent areas. In political representation – for electoral purposes – the area has generally been in national and local areas including the rest of Southgate and mentioning the name Southgate.

Arnos Park

One of the main features of Arnos Grove is Arnos Park (44 acres or 18 ha in sizePark Explorer - Arnos Park
.). Arnos Park is a remnant of the Arnos Grove estate, and was opened in 1928 after having been purchased by Southgate Council. The

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flows through the park, which contains diverse woodland but is mostly grassy fields. A large brick viaduct, with 34 numbered arches, carries the Piccadilly line beyond Arnos Grove tube station towards

through the western end of the park.Pymmes Brook Trail
The park contains a large playground for children as well as several tennis courts. The

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passes through the park. Also, evidence of the abandoned New River loop can be found within the trees in the north side of the park.

Places of worship and religion

Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Church, New Southgate

Our Lady of Lourdes is a

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Church. The Parish was established in the

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in 1923, and mass was said in the presbytery until the church was built in 1935. Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School was built in 1972 on the land owned by the Church to provide an education for the children of the parish.Our Lady Of Lourdes R.C. Primary School on Cylex

The Parish Church of St. Paul, New Southgate

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in the

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. It consists of

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with north and south chapels and south bell turret and aisled

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. The fabric, which was severely damaged by bombing in 1944, was restored by R. S. Morris by 1957.

Transport

Arnos Grove is near the

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(North Circular) between

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and

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. The junction most commonly associated with Arnos Grove is a crossroads between Bowes Road, Wilmer Way and Telford Road. This is one of the few junctions on the A406 that the road does not run straight through or under.

Tube

is on the Piccadilly Line which passes through Haringey to Heathrow Airport via

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and international rail hub. The station building is considered to be a significant example of the work of architect

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Buses

These buses serve Arnos Grove:

Schools

* St. Paul's

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Primary, The Avenue, N11 * Broomfield School ( Secondary) * Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic School ( Primary) * Garfield School ( Primary)

References

{{reflist Districts of the London Borough of Enfield Areas of London Places formerly in Middlesex