Editing Cranham (section)

===Toponymy===
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|+'''Cranham (parish) population'''
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!align="center"| 1881
|align="center"| 416
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!align="center"| 1891
|align="center"| 465
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!align="center"| 1901
|align="center"| 397
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!align="center"| 1911
|align="center"| 489
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!align="center"| 1921
|align="center"| 519
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!align="center"| 1931
|align="center"| 1,240
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!align="center"| 1941
|align="center"| war #
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!align="center"| 1951
|align="center"| 2,836
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|style="font-size:smaller" colspan=2|# no census was held due to war
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|style="font-size:smaller" colspan=2 align=center|source: [[Census#United Kingdom|UK census]]<ref name="vision pop">{{cite vob | population=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10237919&c_id=10001043&add=N | area=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_AREA_ACRES&u_id=10237919&c_id=10001043&add=Y | density=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_rate_page.jsp?u_id=10237919&c_id=10001043&data_theme=T_POP&id=0 | name=Cranham | access-date=23 February 2010 }}</ref>
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Cranham is recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as comprising two manors.  The smaller was in the north of the parish, and called ''Craohv'' and in 1201 as ''Craweno''.<ref name="mills">{{ cite book | surname=Mills | first=D. | title=Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names | year=2000 | publisher=Oxford}}</ref> It means 'spur of land frequented by crows' and is formed from the [[Old English]] 'crāwe' and 'hōh'.<ref name="mills"/> The larger was the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] manor of Ockendon (''Wochenduna'')<ref name="parishes cranham"/> During the Middle Ages, and until around the 15th century, it was also known as '''Bishop's Ockendon''' because a large part of its area was owned by the [[Bishop of London]].<ref name="parishes cranham"/>