CRANLEY, a parish in the second division of the hundred of BLACKHEATH, county of SURREY, 7i miles (S. E. by E.) from Godalming, containing 1182 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books at £20. 18. 1-f., and in the patronage of the Rev. John Wolfe. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a large and handsome edifice in the ancient style of English architecture, having a richly ornamented chapel, enclosed with curious and elegant lattice-work at the termination of each aisle. At Vach'arie are' foundations/; encompassed by a moat, of the ancient baronial residence of the lords of Shire. Cranley gives the title of viscount to the Earls of Onslow.