The Village Hall in the 1930s (courtesy of Michael Miller) Cranleigh’s old Village Hall, built in 1891, was proving inadequate in size and facilities by ...

The High Street, outside what is now Burns & Webber. Ironically, the sign on the right is headed ‘Swimming Pool Site’ (Surrey Advertiser) 'Does the ...

The War Memorial unveiling ceremony (photo by Walter Corin, courtesy of Michael Miller) During the previous year – 1919 – controversy raged in Cranleigh ...

School photo 1971, taken in front of the hedge backing on to Bridge Road (courtesy of Old Boy Hugo Simms, then aged 6, the blond boy in the back row, 4th from ...

Cheesman’s workshop and Smallridge’s shop, about 1932 (courtesy of David Cragg) What does a skilled craftsman do, when mechanisation and technological ...

Vine Cottage, before 1885 A newly-married couple came to Cranleigh from Wisborough Green in 1851. Jesse and Sabina Mann moved into Vine Cottage, a dairy ...

George Pirie’s delivery man is setting off on his round, with his basket to carry loaves from the van to his customers’ houses Around 1900 bread formed the ...

Nanhurst about 1990 (courtesy of Pam Leeke) Nanhurst is the large, red-brick mansion next to the public rubbish dump at the far end of Elmbridge Road. ...

Cobbler’s hut under the tree, facing the Cricket Ground and a stone’s throw from the windmill, in 1908 Cranleigh’s beautiful common is surrounded by ...

Village Hall and Rowlands Corner, 1904, with the Brewery on the right Modern Cranleigh owes a great deal to Stephen Rowland. Among his many projects to ...

The wheelwright’s yard in 1904 One of the most peaceful corners of Cranleigh today was one of the busiest 200 years ago. The area is behind the Arts ...

A postcard of the Lady Peek Institute, post-marked 1904, courtesy of Mrs Vera Wilkinson The Gentleman's Club Sir Henry William Peek, Bart, a wealthy ...