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WSFHS holds only war grave information for this cemetery
However there are currently around 8,000 references from Cranleigh names in the Surrey Index of Names.
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Search the Surrey Index of Names (opens in new browser window) or contact me if you have a question not answered in the Surrey Index of Names or in our Frequently Asked Questions Contact us Friends of Surrey Cemeteries (Surrey Cemeteries: a survey, 2012): Text from the survey is reproduced with permission. Cranleigh Parish Council . 01483 272311. Visited in 2009 - It appears to have been opened round about 1900 and extended (sideways) twice, once in the last decade – area with plenty of space. Entrance lychgate wide enough for cars but little parking inside. Small (3/4 cars) space at gate which has footpath passing across it. Little sign of laying down or vandalism. Mature trees including grove of cedars, hedged surround, well kept. Gardeners present during our visit. Handful of war graves. A circular hedged rose garden (rather sad). Areas marked by ceramic markers and more modern metal ones. Houses all round cemetery now, area circa 6 acres. The cemetery is in the Ancient ParishAn Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions. of Cranleigh St Nicholas. There are also Baptist, Roman Catholic and Methodist churches in Cranleigh. There was an Evangelical Free Church and a Plymouth Brethren Meeting house both of which have now closed. West Surrey Family History Society CD10 (Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for Cranleigh St Nicholas from 1609 to 1900. WSFHS CD33 (Ancient Parishes in the Hambledon district) has baptismal records for Cranleigh St Nicholas from 1566 to 67 and 1608 to 1840; marriages 1609 to 1837; and burials 1609 to 1840. See the WSFHS publications page for more information (opens in a new page). Cranleigh is a (civil) parishA civil parish is the lowest tier of local government in England. In urban areas it may be called a town council. Not all areas have parish or town councils. [NB Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have different systems of local government.] in the West Surrey unitary authority area of Surrey (from April 2027)
Unless otherwise stated, the dates for the creation of parishes are taken from Youngs, Frederick A., Guide to the Administrative Units of England; Royal Historical Society: London, 1979 volume 1 Southern England.
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