Cranleigh
Cranleigh is a large village as well as civil parish, self-proclaimed the biggest in England, concerning 8 miles (13 kilometres) southeast of Guildford in Surrey. It exists east of the A281, which connects Guildford with Horsham, on an alternative route that is not an A-road. It is in the north-west corner of the Weald, a large remnant woodland, the primary regional residue being Winterfold Woodland straight north-west on the northern Greensand Ridge. Up until the mid-1860s, the location was normally spelt Cranley. The Post Office encouraged the vestry to utilize -leigh to avoid misdirections to nearby Crawley in West Sussex. The older punctuation is openly visible in the Cranley Hotel. The origin 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", as well as "Leoh" that with each other indicate 'a timberland clearing up visited by cranes'. The name is popularly thought to come from imputed huge crane-breeding premises at the Anglo-French called Vachery Fish pond, commonly locally referred to as Vachery. The figure of a crane embellishes the old alcohol consumption water fountain of 1874 in 'Fountain Square' in the middle of the village. A set of cranes decorate the crest of the 21st century granted coat of arms of Cranleigh Parish Council.
