The story
- Old English · inherited fromcran“crane”
- English todayCranleigh
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.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishcran all →
craneCranstonCranfieldCranfordCranmoreCranwellCornforthCranswickCornhill-on-TweedCransford
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.