Cranleigh
Cranleigh is a large village as well as civil parish, self-proclaimed the biggest in England, about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Guildford in Surrey. It exists eastern of the A281, which links Guildford with Horsham, on an alternative route that is not an A-road. It remains in the north-west corner of the Weald, a large remnant woodland, the major local remnant being Winterfold Forest straight north-west on the north Greensand Ridge. Until the mid-1860s, the area was typically meant Cranley. The Post Office encouraged the vestry to use -leigh to avoid misdirections to nearby Crawley in West Sussex. The older spelling is publicly visible in the Cranley Hotel. The beginning of the name is recorded in the Pipe Rolls as Cranlea in 1166 and Cranelega in 1167. A little later in the Feet of Fines of 1198 the name is composed as Cranele. Etymologists think about all these variations to be the blend of the Old English words "Cran", indicating "crane", and "Leoh" that with each other imply 'a woodland clearing up visited by cranes'. The name is popularly believed ahead from imputed huge crane-breeding premises at the Anglo-French named Vachery Pond, frequently locally referred to as Vachery. The number of a crane embellishes the old drinking water fountain of 1874 in 'Fountain Square' in the middle of the village. A set of cranes decorate the crest of the 21st century given coat of arms of Cranleigh Parish Council.
