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CRANLEIGH MAGAZINE JoyThe of Cranleigh Joy Horn brings some anecdotes from past times Vanished Buildings of Cranleigh The Vanished Parsonage Farm The way it was n the middle ages, the whole country was divided Puttock was leasing it. In his ledger book he en- up into parishes, each with its own church build- tered the farm produce that he sold. The first two ing and also an area of land called ‘the glebe’ entries read: April 19 Matthew Bristow 17 lambs at Iwhich was assigned to support the priest. Cran- 38d each = £32 6s, April 22 Mr Peto a carcased leigh’s glebe was larger than average, because the sheep = 18s. (Mr Peto was the master of the work- clay soil was so poor. The priest could either work house, and was buying in bulk for the inmates.) the land himself or let it out as a farm. Here, he let out most of it, and it was known as Parsonage or Letters of the rector’s family at the same period Glebe or Rectory Farm. show that finding a suitable person to lease the farm was a continual headache for the rector. By a happy chance, we have some information about Parsonage Farm in 1819, when one James Parsonage Farm featured in the Surrey Advertiser 6 advertise your business both online @ www.cranleighmagazine.co.uk and on this page CRANLEIGH MAGAZINE Main Picture: Sketch map of 1913. Pink is the land of Parsonage Farm which was being sold; deeper pink denotes the farm buildings and yard. They are just north of Ewhurst Road. Notice the footpath going east to west which is still in constant use. It crosses St Nicolas Avenue and goes beside the cemetery. Above: The site of Parsonage Farm today, just off Ewhurst Road Left: A page in James Puttock’s ledger book about Parsonage Farm in 1819 in 1916, when an elderly farmworker fell from a hayrick he was building. He was taken to the Vil- lage Hospital, but died four days later. But where precisely were the Parsonage Farm buildings? Nobody seemed to know. Surprisingly, the deeds of a house in St Nicolas Avenue supplied the answer. An Act of Parliament of 1888 made it legal for a parish to sell some of its glebe land and continued on page 8 advertise your business both online @ www.cranleighmagazine.co.uk and on this page 7 CRANLEIGH MAGAZINE Above: Ordnance Survey map of 1871/4 reinvest the proceeds in other assets, notably gov- ernment stock.