Cranleigh
Cranleigh is a huge village and also civil parish, self-proclaimed the largest in England, concerning 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Guildford in Surrey. It lies east of the A281, which links Guildford with Horsham, on an alternative route that is not an A-road. It remains in the north-west edge of the Weald, a large remnant forest, the primary neighborhood remnant being Winterfold Woodland straight north-west on the northern Greensand Ridge. Till the mid-1860s, the place was generally spelt Cranley. The Post Office persuaded the vestry to make use of -leigh to avoid misdirections to close-by Crawley in West Sussex. The older punctuation is openly noticeable 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 take into consideration all these versions to be the blend of the Old English words "Cran", suggesting "crane", and also "Leoh" that together mean 'a forest cleaning checked out by cranes'. The name is popularly thought to find from imputed huge crane-breeding premises at the Anglo-French called Vachery Fish pond, typically in your area referred to as Vachery. The figure of a crane decorates 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 provided layer of arms of Cranleigh Parish Council.
