Cranleigh, Surrey Family History Guide

Cranleigh is an Ancient Parish in the county of Surrey.

Alternative names: Cranley

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1566
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1689

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Calvinist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

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.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

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England, Surrey, Cranleigh

England, Surrey, Cranley – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Cranley, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Surrey, Cranley – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
HO 107 1597–1851 census for Surrey–index of names : Haslemere 121a-157b, Shalford 328a-381b, Wonersh 390a-438b, Cranleigh 442b-499a

England, Surrey, Cranley – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Cranley, 1693-1845
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Cranley (Surrey)

Churchwardens and overseers records, 1648-1945
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Cranley (Surrey)

Cranleigh, Surrey : baptisms, 1566-1567, 1608-1840; marriages, 1609-1837; burials, 1609-1840
Author:    Webb, Cliff (Clifford R.); Mesley, Robert; West Surrey Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Cranley (Surrey)

Parish register transcripts, 1566-1894
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Cranley (Surrey)

Parish registers for Cranley, 1566-1938
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Cranley (Surrey)

Parish registers, transcriptions & indexes for the ancient parishes of Alford, Bramley, Chiddingford, Cranleigh, Dunsford, Elstead, Ewhurst, Hambledon, Hascombe, Haslemere, Peper Harow, Shalford, St Martha’s, Thursley, Witley, Wonersh
Author:    West Surrey Family History Society

England, Surrey, Cranley – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Cranley or Cranleigh, Surrey, England

England, Surrey, Cranley – History ( 1 )
Bygone Cranleigh
Author:    Seymour, B.; Warrington, M.

England, Surrey, Cranley – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls, 1461-1871
Author:    Manor of Shere Vachery and Cranley. Court (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Cranley – Medical records ( 1 )
Midwifery book, 1812-1837
Author:    Cranley (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Cranley – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Churchwardens and overseers records, 1648-1945
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Cranley (Surrey)

Rate books, 1860-1900
Author:    Cranley (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Cranley – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Cranley, 1780-1831
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Surrey)

Poor rates
Author:    Cranley (Surrey)

Rate books, 1860-1900
Author:    Cranley (Surrey)

Directories

Kelly’s Directory of the Leather Trades 1880

CRANLEIGH

Boot & Shoe Makers

Killick John

Rowland Stephen

Walder James & Son

Saddler & Harness Maker

Ogburn George 

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Surrey
  • Civil Registration District: Hambledon
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Surrey
  • Diocese: Winchester
  • Rural Deanery: Stoke
  • Poor Law Union: Hambledon
  • Hundred: Blackheath (Surrey)
  • Province: Canterbury