found: Wikipedia, viewed 18 January 2023(Cranleigh; village and civil parish, about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Guildford in Surrey, England, in the district of Waverley, and about 6 miles (10.0 km) ESE of Godalming, which is the administrative centre of the borough of Waverley; it is in the north-west corner of the Weald, a large remnant forest, the main local remnant being Winterfold Forest directly north-west on the northern Greensand Ridge; Rowly is a neighbourhood 0.8 miles (1.3 km) NNW of the edge of the contiguous suburban part of Cranleigh; until the mid-1860s, the place was usually spelt Cranley until the post office persuaded the vestry to use "-leigh" to avoid misdirections to nearby Crawley in West Sussex; Cranleigh was not mentioned in the Domesday Book, at that time being part of the manor of Shere; growth came due to improvements in transport: the Wey and Arun Canal was opened in 1816, passing a few miles to the west of the village)
