Cranleigh

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Cranleigh er en stor landsby og civil parish, beliggende cirka 8 miles sydøst for Guildford i Surrey. Den ligger på en mindre vej øst for A281, som forbinder Guildford med Horsham. Den ligger i det nordvestlige hjørne af Weald, en stor restskov, hvor den hovedsagelige lokale rest er Winterfold Forest direkte nordvest for den nordlige Greensand Ridge.

Indtil midten af 1860'erne blev stedet som regel stavet Cranley. Postkontoret overtalte menighedsrådet til at bruge "-leigh" for at undgå fejladresseringer til nærliggende Crawley i West Sussex. Den ældre stavemåde er offentligt synlig i Cranley Hotel. Navnet er registreret i Pipe Rolls som Cranlea i 1166 og Cranelega i 1167. Lidt senere i Feet of Fines af 1198 er navnet skrevet som Cranele. Etimologer mener, at alle disse versioner er fusionen af de oldengelske ord "Cran", der betyder "trane", og "Lēoh", der tilsammen betyder 'en skovlysning besøgt af traner'. Navnet menes populært at stamme fra påståede store traneopdrætsområder ved det anglo-franske navngivne Vachery Pond, ofte lokalt kendt som Vachery. Figuren af en trane pryder den gamle drikkevandsfontæne fra 1874 i 'Fountain Square' i midten af landsbyen. Et par traner pryder heraldikken på det 21. århundrede tildelte våbenskjold for Cranleigh Parish Council.

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Address: Cranleigh, Waverley, United Kingdom

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