| Cranleigh | |
  Cranleigh shown within Surrey |
|
| Population | 11,241 |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | |
| District | Waverley |
| Shire county | Surrey |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CRANLEIGH |
| Dialling code | 01483 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Guildford |
| List of places: UK • England • Surrey | |
Cranleigh is a large village, proclaimed the largest in England, and is situated 8 miles south east of Godalming in Surrey. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government Politics The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Municipal borough of Godalming Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one South East England is one of the nine official Regions of England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Surrey Police is the Home Office police force of the county of Surrey in the south of England The force is lead by Temporary Chief Constable The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The Surrey Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the County of Surrey, England, with 24 fire stations The South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb is the NHS Ambulance Services Trust for south-eastern England, covering Kent (including Medway South East England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Guildford is a Constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of cities, Towns and Villages in the ceremonial county of Surrey, England. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Many villages claim to be the largest village in England. This title is essentially a meaningless Godalming is a town in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, seven kilometres (four miles south of Guildford. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. It lies to the east of the A281 which links Guildford with Horsham; neighbouring villages include: Ewhurst, Alfold and Hascombe. Guildford ( IPA /ˈgɪlfəd/ is the County town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the Horsham is a Market town situated on the River Arun in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England with a population of roughly 50000 Ewhurst is a small village in the English county of Surrey. Ewhurst is located between Cranleigh (two miles away and Shere which is around Alfold is small village and civil parish on the Surrey / West Sussex border in England. The village of Hascombe contains a cluster of cottages and country estates St Peter's church the village green and The White Horse pub all nestling between wooded hillsides in
Until the mid-1860s, the village was called "Cranley". Cranleigh is a large village proclaimed the largest in England, and is situated 8 miles south east of Godalming in Surrey. The Post Office succeeded in getting the spelling changed to avoid confusion with nearby Crawley in West Sussex. A post office is a facility authorized by a Postal system for the posting receipt sorting handling transmission or delivery of Mail. Crawley ( is a town and Local government district with Borough status in West Sussex, England Settlements Most settlements in West Sussex are either along the south coast or are situated in the M23 corridor The name is popularly believed to come from the large crane breeding grounds that were historically there. The figure of a crane adorns the old drinking water fountain of 1874, that can still be found in the middle of the village in 'Fountain Square'.
Contents |
History
Situated on both the Greensand Ridge, where it rises to 700ft (437. Greensand is an olive-green coloured Sandstone rock which is commonly found in narrow bands particularly associated with bands of Chalk and 5m) at Winterfold Hill; and also the clay-and-sandstone Lower Weald, Cranleigh has little of prehistoric or Roman interest. The Weald (wɪəld is the name given to a physiographic area in south-east England situated between the parallel Chalk Escarpments of the North Stone Age Paleolithic See also Paleolithic, Recent African Origin, Early Homo sapiens, Early human migrations "Paleolithic" Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410 A spur of the Roman road between London and Chichester runs north west to Guildford past nearby Farley Heath in Farley Green, a temple site. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, England. It has a long history as a settlement its Roman past and its subsequent importance Farley Green is a small hamlet in the Surrey Hills to the south east of Guildford.
The Anglican parish church of St Nicolas dates the first building on its site from around 1170, and the building was in its present form by the mid-14th century. Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs Saint Nicholas (Άγιος Νικόλαος, Agios Nikolaos, "victory of the people" is the common name for Nicholas of Myra, a Christian Saint The church has a gargoyle which is said to have inspired Lewis Carroll, who lived in Guildford, to create the Cheshire Cat. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (ˈdɒdsən (27 January 1832 &ndash 14 January 1898 better known by the Pen name Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/ was an English The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat appearing in Lewis Carroll 's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The parish is in the Diocese of Guildford. In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop.
Growth came due to improvements in transport; in 1813 the Wey and Arun Canal was authorised, passing a few miles to the west of the village. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common What is now known as the Wey and Arun Canal runs 23 miles (37 km through 26 locks from the River Wey at Shalford Surrey to the River Arun This route linked London (via the Thames and the Wey) with Littlehampton (via the Arun). The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. The River Wey in Surrey, Hampshire and West Sussex is a tributary of the River Thames with two separate branches which join at Tilford Littlehampton is a Seaside resort town and Civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. Election Results Elections are held in the Arun district every fourth year with the most recent being held on Thursday 3rd May 2007 However, the canal traffic was completely eclipsed by the Horsham to Guildford railway which opened in 1865, and the canal fell into disuse. The Cranleigh Line was a short railway line that connected Guildford, the County town of Surrey, with the West Sussex Market Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year A turnpike road was also built between Guildford and Horsham, the opening of which is commemorated by an obelisk near the church. A toll road, (also known as a tollway, turnpike, pike, or toll highway, especially if it is constructed to Freeway standards Guildford ( IPA /ˈgɪlfəd/ is the County town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the Horsham is a Market town situated on the River Arun in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England with a population of roughly 50000 An obelisk (from Greek ὀβελίσκος - obeliskos, diminutive of ὀβελός - obelos, "spit nail pointed pillar"
Cranleigh railway station was closed by Dr Beeching in 1965. Cranleigh was a railway station on the Cranleigh Line which served the village of Cranleigh. The Beeching Axe is an informal name for the British Government 's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system [1]
Cranleigh possessed the first cottage hospital in the country founded by a local doctor in 1859. The original concept of a cottage hospital was a small rural hospital having up to 25 beds It has survived many attempts to close it, through fundraising by the local community. However it lost its beds for in-patients in May 2006. May 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month [2]
During World War Two, on August 27, 1944, the infant school was hit by a V-1 flying bomb and demolished. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan The Fieseler Fi 103, better known as V-1 (German Vergeltungswaffe 1 was an early Cruise missile used during World War Two Fortunately this occurred early on a Sunday morning, and the school was empty. The only casualty was the Rector, who was in his garden not far away and was injured. The word rector ("ruler" from the Latin regere and Rector meaning "Teacher" In Latin has a number of different meanings but all of them indicate an academic [3]
The Regal Cinema opened on October 30, 1936. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. It survived for over sixty years, finally closing on March 14, 2002. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. The site is now occupied by a block of flats. [4]
In January 2007, Cranleigh Parish Council received a grant of arms. [5]
Today
Despite losing the rail link, Cranleigh has prospered both as a satellite of Guildford, and as a service and light engineering centre in its own right. Guildford ( IPA /ˈgɪlfəd/ is the County town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the Furthermore it is a retail centre for the surrounding smaller villages. The resident population of the area decreased by 2. 0% in the ten years to 2001.
Cranleigh is twinned with Vallendar, Germany. Vallendar is a municipality in the district Mayen-Koblenz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
The Cranleigh Arts Centre runs a full programme of films, live music, theatre productions, children’s activities, exhibitions and workshops. Regular community arts projects and work with local schools are undertaken to reach and develop new audiences.
Every year the Cranleigh & South Eastern Agricultural Society hold the Cranleigh Show, which is a traditional agricultural show. An agricultural show is a public event showcasing the equipment animals sports and recreation associated with Agriculture and Animal husbandry.
Cranleigh School, an independent boarding school, is located in the town. Cranleigh School is an independent English Boarding school in the village of Cranleigh, Surrey. A boarding school is a School where some or all pupils not only study but also live during term time with their fellow students and possibly teachers State schools include Glebelands School (a secondary school), Cranleigh Infant School, St Nicolas C Of E (Aided) Junior (Federal) School and Park Mead Primary School. There is also St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School.
There is a Roman Catholic church, Christ Redeemer of Mankind (in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel & Brighton), and churches of the Methodist and Baptist denominations, as well as the Anglican church of St Nicolas mentioned above. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton is a Latin Rite Roman Catholic Diocese in southern England covering the counties of Sussex
Stocklund Square
This is a square near the centre of the town on the High Street, which is on the main road running through Cranleigh. Stocklund Square was constructed following the closing of the railway line in 1965, and the removal of the railway station.
The crane-theme bus shelter, that was added in the 1980s to spruce up the 1960s-era Stocklund square, was removed during recent changes to the square to accommodate a new Sainsbury's supermarket which was built in late 2004. J Sainsbury plc ( is the parent company of Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd commonly known as Sainsbury's (also Sainsbury and JS) the third largest Other shops in the square are owned by Oxfam, Blockbuster Video and Scorpia. Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice Blockbuster Inc ( is the largest chain of DVD and Video game rental stores in the world The square used to have greenery and a fountain, but this was replaced with a more open layout that now accommodates local attractions and events such as an Easter Service and a French Market. It is situated on the High Street, In September 2006 the Sports Shop closed, along with a Wine shop, and were shortly replaced by a Carphone Warehouse and a Costa coffee shop. The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC ( known as The Carphone Warehouse, claim to be Europe 's largest independent Mobile phone retailer with over 1700 Costa Coffee is a Coffee house company based in the United Kingdom founded in 1971 by Italian brothers Sergio & Bruno Costa as a wholesale operation
Fountain Square
In 2006, the pedestrian area surrounding the large stone drinking fountain monument (1874) at the centre of the village was re-modelled, and given the name 'Fountain Square'. New granite paving, brick planters and trees were introduced in a design which created a haven from traffic and a new focal point for community events. During the refurbishments the old "threepenny bit" bus shelter was moved to Snoxhall behind the leisure centre. The old "threepenny bit" bus shelter had been a popular shelter for the youths of Cranleigh to drink and smoke in. The shelter stood in its new location for only a few weeks before it was vandalised and completely pulled to the ground. The main financial sponsors of this refurbishment were Surrey County Council (SCC) and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), and the design was undertaken in-house by SCC.
References
Notes
Bibliography
- Cranleigh: A History of Wealden Settlement by Christopher Budgen ISBN 0-9533088-0-4
External links
- Cranleigh Parish Council
- Cranleigh Village Community Net
- Cranleigh Arts Centre
- The Cranleigh Show
- The unoficial guide to Cranleigh's retained fire station
- Live Bus Locations in Cranleigh.
- Cranleigh Cricket Club
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic