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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CRANLEY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Hambledon district, Surrey. The village stands near the Guildford and Horsham railway, 8 miles SE by S of Guildford; has a station on the railway, a post office‡ under Guildford, and a fair on Whit-Tuesday; and gives the title of Viscount to Earl Onslow. The parish comprises 7, 340 acres. Real property, 7, 318. Pop., 1, 393. Houses, 280. The property is much subdivided. Vacherie, now demolished but still traceable, was the grange of the Brays of Shere; afterwards occupied by Day, the author of "Sandford and Merton." Baynards and Knoll, now farm-houses, were also seats of the Brays. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £1, 195.* Patron, the Rev. J. H. Sapte. The church is a well-restored ancient edifice, with tracery and fine stained windows. A county school or college, in the pointed collegiate style, was erected in 1865, at a cost of £8, 000. Thomas de Granley, Archbishop of Dublin, was a native.—The sub-district contains eight parishes. Acres, 32, 194. Pop., 7, 553. Houses, 1, 488.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Cranleigh AP/CP Cranleigh SubD Hambledon RegD/PLU Surrey AncC |
| Place: | Cranleigh |
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