Cranleigh

The name is popularly believed to come from the large crane's breeding ground there; hence the crane on the top of the water fountain in the middle of the village, which was lately removed for the construction of a Sainsbury's supermarket in Stocklund Square (which was initially opposed by the majority but accepted as a good idea soon after it was built).

Population

(1991 census), figures given for the civil parish:

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Residents11,479

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Dwellings4,504

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Working pop.5,827

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Overall, the resident population of the Waverley district increased by 2.4% in the ten years to 2001.

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