In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cranbourne like this:
CRANBOURNE-ST. PETER, a chapelry in Winkfield, Old Windsor, and Sunninghill parishes, Berks; adjacent to Windsor Park, 2½ miles N by W of Suuning-hill r. station, and 4½ SW by S of Windsor. It was constituted in 1851. Post town, Ascot, under Staines. Pop., 1, 514. Houses, 302. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £128.* Patron, the Bishop of Oxford.
Additional information about this locality is available for Winkfield
Cranbourne through time
Cranbourne is now part of Bracknell Forest district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bracknell Forest has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cranbourne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cranbourne, in Bracknell Forest and Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23584
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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