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Survey of English Place-Names

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North Grange

Other OS name in the Parish of Wawne

Historical Forms

  • (le) Northgra(u)nge 1238,1293 Meaux 1292 Ch 1293 QW

Etymology

is (le ) Northgra (u )nge 1238, 1293Meaux , 1292 Ch,1293 QW . The word grange is used here , as often , of ' an outlyingfarmhouse with barns belonging to a religious house . '