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Cranleigh is a big village and civil parish, self-proclaimed the largest in England, concerning 8 miles (13 kilometres) southeast of Guildford in Surrey. It exists 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 corner of the Weald, a huge remnant forest, the primary neighborhood remnant being Winterfold Forest directly north-west on the north Greensand Ridge. Up until the mid-1860s, the location was typically led to Cranley. The Post Office encouraged the vestry to make use of -leigh to prevent misdirections to nearby Crawley in West Sussex. The older spelling is publicly visible in the Cranley Hotel. The beginning 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 written as Cranele. Etymologists consider all these versions to be the fusion of the Old English words “Cran”, implying “crane”, and “Leoh” that together indicate ‘a woodland cleaning checked out by cranes’. The name is widely thought to find from imputed huge crane-breeding grounds at the Anglo-French called Vachery Fish pond, usually in your area called Vachery. The number of a crane embellishes the old drinking water fountain of 1874 in ‘Fountain Square’ in the middle of the town. A set of cranes adorn the crest of the 21st century granted coat of arms of Cranleigh Parish Council.