Editing Cranleigh (section)

===Post Industrial Revolution===
Growth came due to improvements in transport; in 1813 the [[Wey and Arun Canal]] was authorised. Three years later it opened, passing a few miles to the west of the village. This route linked London (via the [[Thames]] and the [[River Wey|Wey]]) with [[Littlehampton]] (via the [[River Arun|Arun]]). However, the canal traffic was completely eclipsed by the [[Cranleigh Line|Horsham to Guildford railway]] which opened in 1865, and the canal fell into disuse. A [[Turnpike trust|turnpike]] road was also built between [[Guildford]] and [[Horsham]], assent for the project being given in 1818. The opening is commemorated by an [[obelisk]] at the junction of the roads to Horsham and to [[Ewhurst, Surrey|Ewhurst]]. The [[George IV|Prince Regent]] used the route when travelling between [[Windsor Castle|Windsor]] and [[Brighton]], the distances to which are given on the plaque on the obelisk.

Three people played a major part in the development of the village during the 19th century: Reverend [[John Henry Sapte]], Dr Albert Napper and Stephen Rowland. Sapte arrived in Cranleigh in 1846 as the [[Rector (ecclesiastical)#Anglican churches|rector]]. He played a major role in setting up the [[national school (England and Wales)|National School]] in 1847 and [[Cranleigh School]] in 1865. He was appointed [[Rector (ecclesiastical)#Anglican churches|Archdeacon]] of Surrey and remained in the village until his death in 1906.<ref>''Cranleigh Through Time'', p3.</ref>

Together with Napper, Sapte set up the first [[cottage hospital]] in the country in 1859. It has survived many attempts to close it, through fundraising by the local community. However it lost its beds for in-patients in May 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cranleighhospital.org/history/historysub01.html |title=Cranleigh hospital history |access-date=5 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001122740/http://www.cranleighhospital.org/history/historysub01.html |archive-date=1 October 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>''Around Cranleigh'', p13.</ref><ref>''Cranleigh Through Time'', p4.</ref>

Stephen Rowland was a resident who had a major role in the development of the infrastructure of the village. He formed the Cranleigh Gas Company in 1876, and arranged for a mains water supply in 1886. In 1894 he laid out an estate between the Horsham and Ewhurst Roads, building New Park Road, Avenue Road, Mead Road, Mount Road and Bridge Road. He also set up a grocery store. His name is commemorated in that of Rowland Road.<ref name="Around Cranleigh, p8">''Around Cranleigh'', p8.</ref>

The cricket field has been used for that purpose since 1843.<ref>''Around Cranleigh'', p68.</ref> Cranleigh Lawn Tennis Tournament was held there in August from 1922 until 1998, when it moved to the grounds of [[Cranleigh School]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://turner-smith.d2g.com/cranleigh/ |title=Cranleigh Lawn Tennis Tournament |access-date=5 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215222027/http://turner-smith.d2g.com/cranleigh/ |archive-date=15 February 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

David Mann's department store opened in 1887.<ref name="Around Cranleigh, p8"/> The store closed in October, 2021 and the business went into liquidation.<ref>{{cite web |title=JOY OF CRANLEIGH – GOODBYE TO MANN'S, OCTOBER 2ND 2021 – NOVEMBER 2021 |url=https://www.cranleighmagazine.co.uk/joy-of-cranleigh-goodbye-to-manns/ |website=Cranleigh Magazine |date=22 October 2021 |access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref>

A distinctive row of maple trees which lines the High Street between the cricket field and the Rowland Road junction was planted in 1890, and not by Canadian servicemen in [[World War I]] as is widely believed.<ref>''Around Cranleigh'', p22.</ref>

Cranleigh's Village Hall opened in 1933.<ref name="Around Cranleigh, p8"/>

The Regal Cinema opened on 30 October 1936. It survived for over sixty years, finally closing on 14 March 2002. The site is now occupied by a block of flats.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cinephoto.co.uk/regal_cranleigh.htm |title=History of the Regal Cinema |access-date=5 April 2008 |archive-date=29 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329062458/http://www.cinephoto.co.uk/regal_cranleigh.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>