Cranleigh
Cranleigh is a big town and civil parish, self-proclaimed the largest in England, regarding 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Guildford in Surrey. It lies eastern of the A281, which connects Guildford with Horsham, on an alternative route that is not an A-road. It remains in the north-west corner of the Weald, a big remnant forest, the main neighborhood remnant being Winterfold Woodland directly north-west on the north Greensand Ridge. Till the mid-1860s, the place was generally spelt Cranley. The Post Office encouraged the vestry to make use of -leigh to prevent misdirections to neighboring Crawley in West Sussex. The older spelling 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 versions to be the combination of the Old English words "Cran", suggesting "crane", and "Leoh" that with each other mean 'a woodland clearing up gone to by cranes'. The name is widely thought to come from imputed large crane-breeding premises at the Anglo-French named Vachery Pond, often locally known as Vachery. The number of a crane embellishes the old alcohol consumption water fountain of 1874 in 'Fountain Square' in the middle of the town. A set of cranes embellish the crest of the 21st century provided coat of arms of Cranleigh Parish Council.