Cranleigh

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proper noun

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

OriginOld English cran →
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Meanings

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

Origin

  1. Old Englishcran“crane”
  2. EnglishCranleigh

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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APA

Cranleigh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cranleigh

MLA

“Cranleigh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cranleigh. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cranleigh,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cranleigh.

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