Bishops Cannings

Bishops Cannings

Bishops Cannings is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire, England. The parish includes the settlements of Coate, Horton, Bourton and Easton, as well as the village of Bishops Cannings itself.

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History

The parish is now the third largest in Wiltshire, but was formerly larger. It lost a large area to the nearby town of Devizes, 2½ miles to the south-west,when there was a change of boundaries in 1835. Bishops Cannings had previously reached as far into Devizes as the Crammer, a large pond on the edge of the town centre. This may explain how Bishops Cannings comes to lay claim to being the place of origin of the legend of the Moonrakers.[1][2]

Historically, the parish was part of the Potterne and Cannings hundred of Wiltshire. A detailed parish history was published in 1953 by the Wiltshire Victoria County History.[3]

In 2001, the Census recorded a parish population of 1,566, in 650 households.[4]

Local government

Bishops Cannings is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for almost all significant local government functions.

Location

Position: grid reference SU039641

See also

References

  1. ^ "Smugglers myth lives". Wiltshire Gazette and Herald. http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/gazettefeatures/nostalgia/display.var.1144188.0.smugglers_myth_lives.php. Retrieved 2009-09-02. 
  2. ^ "Bishops Cannings". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom.php?id=20. Retrieved 2010-11-08. 
  3. ^ A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume VII: Bradford hundred and Potterne and Cannings hundred (1953)
  4. ^ "Area selected: Kennet (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790549. Retrieved 10 June 2010. 

Sources

Coordinates: 51°22′33″N 1°56′43″W / 51.37594°N 1.94536°W / 51.37594; -1.94536

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