All Cannings is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey in the English county of Wiltshire. The parish includes the nearby smaller settlement of Allington.

History

The earliest settlement in the area of All Cannings was at Rybury Camp, on the downs above the village. There is evidence of settlement from Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman times.

The name is believed to be a derivation of Old Canning and a village probably existed on the current site by the 10th Century as the invading Danes at that time referred to Canning Marsh. There was a church from the early 13th Century and the earliest features in the current All Saints' church are late Norman. By the 14th Century the village had a water mill, although this had disappeared by the 18th Century.

The Kennet and Avon Canal was built just north of the village and opened in 1810. The village's population peaked in the middle of the 19th Century with the 1841 census showing 663 inhabitants.

Local Government

All Cannings is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It falls within the areas of Kennet District Council and Wiltshire County Council. All three councils are responsible for different aspects of local government.

In the 2002 census, the parish had a population of 616.

Note that the ONS website (see 'Sources' below) refers to the civil parish as Allcannings; it is not clear if this is a valid alternative name or a clerical error on their part.

Location

Grid reference: SU017619 (http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=SU017619)

Nearby towns and cities: Devizes, Marlborough, Swindon, Salisbury

Nearby villages: Bishops Cannings, Stanton St. Bernard, Pewsey

See also

• List of places in Wiltshire
• List of civil parishes in England

External links

• All Cannings Village Website (http://www.allcannings.net/)

Sources

• Wiltshire County Council Website page on All Cannings (http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom2.php?id=3), retrieved 15:30 Oct 5, 2004 (UTC)
• Kennet District Council Website page on All Cannings Parish (http://www.kennet.gov.uk/leg_dem/web_comm_minutes.nsf/9055528f2a958b9d8025687f00608fad/6052b7721db5d7d88025673100327822?OpenDocument), retrieved 15:40 Oct 5, 2004 (UTC)
• All Cannings Village Website history page (http://www.allcannings.net/history.htm), retrieved 14:00 Oct 4, 2004 (UTC)
• Office of National Statistics (ONS) - List of English parishes (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/geographic_area_listings/downloads/19_11_02_E&W_parish_and_community_names_and_codes_as_at_31_12_03.xls), retrieved 14:00 Oct 3, 2004 (UTC)