St Peter's parish church Cransford is a village and a civil parish in the

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district, in the English county of

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. The civil parish had a population at the 2011 Census of 162. It is near the small town of

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. Cransford has 2 places of worship. The mediaeval parish church of St Peter was restored in 1864 and 1874 and is a Grade II* listed building.

Notable residents

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(1877-1947),

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and

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politician including

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for

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and for Ilford. * Sir George Leman Tuthill (1772–1835), physician, fellow of the

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and the

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. * Peter Hartley (1909-1994), clergyman and

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from 1970 to 1975.

References

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