English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Grange Hill, The Grange

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chigwell

Etymology

Grange Hill, The Grange (6″). Cf. la Graunge 1274 RH (p), Graungehill c. 1534 ER xix, Chigwell Grange 1538 LP. Named from a grange or farm house of Tilty Abbey.