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Cranford is incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1871, from portions of the Townships of Clark, Linden, Springfield, Union and Westfield. Portions of the township were taken to form Garwood (March 19, 1903) and Kenilworth (March 13, 1907).¹

Relocating or moving to Cranford, New Jersey For Information on local services and demographics contact the Cranford NJ, Chamber of Commerce. The Cranford New Jersey Chamber of Commerce provides the best tourist andrecreation information.²

Originally, Cranford was published in eight parts in Charles Dickens’ journal, Household Words. The first installment appeared in 1851 with more following in 1852 and finishing in 1853.³

The fictional town of Cranford is closely modelled on Knutsford in Cheshire, which Mrs Gaskell knew well. The book has little in the way of plot and is more a series of episodes in the lives of Mary Smith and her friends, Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, two spinster sisters.⁴

Silver Apple News 11 will be mailed to current customers during fall 2008. Like past issues it will include articles and musical transcriptions which relate to featured books and recordings available from Cranford Publications.⁵

These results strongly suggest that the enormity and complexity of the sperm whale’s nasal apparatus evolved in response to sexual selection via an acoustic display (Cranford 1999). Analysis of these data will yield intriguing results.⁶

The Cranford Rose Garden is indicated by the orange box. Click on the map to visit other locations in the Garden, or click here to view a larger map.⁷