English Explanatory Dictionary

Cranleigh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A large village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0639).

Word forms

Cranleigh

Etymology

From Old English cran (“crane”), genitive plural crana + lēah (“wood clearing”), 'the cranes' wood clearing'. Formerly Cranley, the spelling was altered in 1867 to avoid confusion (by the post office and railway) with Crawley.

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