Talk:Cranleigh

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Etymology[edit]

Claim: name has nothing to do with cranes. That's quite arrogant considering the official site says that's exactly where the name comes from.

Short live Wikipedia.

Please cite your "official site". The claim that the name does not have anything to do with cranes, although this is popularly believed, is properly cited. JH (talk page) 17:50, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As part of my genealogy project I came across a Mary Quennell of Kingston, who by 1734 had married William Trussler from Hampshire and was in Cranley. The influential Quenells had long rubbed shoulders with families such as the Stoughtons, Billinghursts, Ifolds, and Crandleys; whom they married into and inherited from. One Crandley was Emery of Wisborow (Wisborough). That Cranleigh took its name from the local Crandley family seems, on the face of it, the most likely explanation. 92.41.251.232 (talk) 12:20, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
There's a useful resource on http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ which has numerous historic books that fortunately deal with the origins of many towns, parishes etc. In this case the first mention of Cranleigh dates to "It is recognized as a parish in the Taxation of Pope Nicholas, 1291" as part of the larger manor of "Shiere cum Vachery". Book also refers to "A reputed native of Cranleigh was Thomas de Cranleigh, Fellow of Merton, 1366, first Warden of Winchester, 1382, Warden of New College, 1389, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, 1390, Archbishop of Dublin, 1397, Chancellor of Ireland 1397 to 1400; he died in 1417, aged about eighty." which in the very least attempts to pin down the origin of the name long before any association with the Crandleys. Koncorde (talk) 18:57, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Aetheling1125 seems to have found fairly convincing evidence that the name derives from "crane", certainly more convincing than the source that I used to say that the name wasn't related to cranes. JH (talk page) 18:43, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments[edit]

There's a lot more history to Cranleigh than this article reveals.

Vernon White 15:04, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There's a challenge for you, then. Mucky Duck 15:40, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Contradiction[edit]

The summary states that the fountain with the crane was removed for the store. Later in the article it states that it was a bus stop, not the fountain which was removed. The fountain summary change was a more recent edit [1]. I assume that the fountain is still in existance, but this needs to be fixed by someone who knows the truth of the situation. --Aspectacle 05:38, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

'Existence' has no 'a' and you can't spell. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.50.43.195 (talk) 10:43, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've cleaned up the page and removed the tag but there is still this contradiction. The page could do with a photo and doesn't say much for a place with over 11,000 people. SuzanneKn 20:56, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the clean-up. There's no contradiction about the fountain. The fountain that was removed was not the historic one with the crane, but a modern water feature that was added when Stockland Square was built in the 1960s. The ancient fountain with the crane is in what is now known as Fountain Square, on the other side of the road. Incidentally, it is true that Cranleigh has often been claimed to be England's largest village. If a suitable citation could be found it would be good to have that restored. JH (talk page) 21:16, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

West Cranleigh Nurseries[edit]

As a resident, I can confirm that these have now been demolished to make way for yet another housing development. As such, this is the last working nursery in Cranleigh to be removed so the section and photo need updating/removing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C7:673D:5E01:2800:34AE:C5B3:4EF6 (talk) 17:50, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Little Manor Service Station[edit]

This service station was never purchased by ESSO, it has always been independently owned by Anna Lambert.

OK, but I cannot find any mention of the service station in the article, let alone its ownership. Could you have been looking at an old version of the article? JH (talk page) 08:50, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

G H Hardy[edit]

Doesn't seem to mention G H Hardy as a notable resident. Apparently the famous mathematician (who befriended the genius Ramanujan from India) lived here? A mathematician's apology is required! ;-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.152.2.154 (talk) 12:57, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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