Cranleigh
Cranleigh is a big town as well as civil parish, self-proclaimed the largest in England, concerning 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Guildford in Surrey. It lies 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 edge of the Weald, a big remnant woodland, the primary local residue being Winterfold Forest straight north-west on the north Greensand Ridge. Up until the mid-1860s, the place was usually led to Cranley. The Post Office persuaded the vestry to utilize -leigh to stay clear of misdirections to close-by Crawley in West Sussex. The older spelling is openly noticeable in the Cranley Hotel. The origin of the name is recorded in the Pipe Rolls as Cranlea in 1166 and also 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 variations to be the blend of the Old English words "Cran", suggesting "crane", and also "Leoh" that with each other suggest 'a forest cleaning checked out by cranes'. The name is widely believed to find from imputed big crane-breeding grounds at the Anglo-French called Vachery Fish pond, commonly locally called Vachery. The number of a crane decorates the old drinking water fountain of 1874 in 'Fountain Square' in the middle of the town. A pair of cranes decorate the crest of the 21st century approved coat of arms of Cranleigh Parish Council.