Grange Park is a suburban part in the

London Borough of Enfield The London Borough of Enfield () is a London boroughs, London borough in Greater London, England. The main communities in the borough are Edmonton, London, Edmonton, Enfield, London, Enfield, Southgate, London, Southgate and Palmers Green. Enfi ...

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in United Kingdom. It is served by Grange Park railway station. Grange Park is located between

Enfield Town Enfield is a large town in north London, England, north of Charing Cross. It had a population of 333,587 in 2021. It includes the areas of Botany Bay, Brimsdown, Bulls Cross, Bullsmoor, Bush Hill Park, Clay Hill, Crews Hill, Enfield Hig ...

to the north, Bush Hill to the east, Southgate and World's End to the west, and

Winchmore Hill Winchmore Hill is a suburb and electoral ward in the London Borough of Enfield, north London, England, in the N postcode area, N21 postal district. The Winchmore Hill conservation area serves as the focal point of the district. Geographically, ...

to the south. The area was largely developed in the early 20th century on the site of

Enfield Old Park Enfield Old Park was an ancient deer park located in Enfield (today a suburb of London). It is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The Domesday Book mentions only one other Park in Middlesex, at Ruislip, and according to Historic England both are th ...

. In addition to housing, Grange Park has a retail and commercial area around The Grangeway, which includes the railway station and a public house, the Gryphon. There are two schools: Grange Park Primary School and Grange Park Preparatory School. The area has two churches: St. Peter's

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and Grange Park Methodist Church (The Church in the Orchard). An annual Boxing Day Tug of War takes place.

Etymology

Named from ''Old Park Grange'' (marked thus on the

Ordnance Survey The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see Artillery, ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of ...

map of 1877) which was in ''Old Park'' (also 1887) earlier ''the oulde park'' 1658, ''Old Bull Park'' 1822, from

Middle English Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English pe ...

''grange'' 'outlying farm where crops are stored'.Mills A. D. ''Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names'' (2001) p92

References

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