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Bishops Canning or Bishops Cannings is 3 miles North East of Devizes. Grid ref SU037642. Post code SN10 2LA.
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"BISHOP'S CANNINGS, (or Cannings Episcopi), a parish and scattered village in the hundred of Potterne and Cannings, in the county of Wilts, 3 miles to the N.E. of Devizes, its post town, and 24 N. of Salisbury. It is situated on the Kennet and Avon canal, and includes the chapelries of South Broom and Chittoe, and the tythings of Bourton with Easton, Coate, Horton, and St. James. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Salisbury, of the value of £351, in the patronage of the dean and chapter. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a spacious and ancient edifice, in the early English and Norman styles, bearing much resemblance to Salisbury cathedral. From the intersection of the cruciform structure, rises a lofty tower, surmounted by a spire 230 feet from the ground, with turret and parapet. The interior is divided by pointed arches, supported on cylindrical pillars, and the chancel has a groined ceiling and richly painted east windows, representing Christ raising Jairus's daughter. The organ, which cost £400, was presented in 1809, by William Bayley, a native of this village, who accompanied Captain Cook in his circumnavigation of the globe. There is a National school, built in 1830. A large part of the parish was recently purchased by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who hold the manor.[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)"BOURTON, a tything joined with Easton, in the parish of Bishop's Cannings, hundred of Potterne, in the county of Wilts, 3 miles to the N.E. of Devizes."
"CHITTOE, (or Chitway), a tything in the parish of Bishop's Cannings, in the county of Wilts, 5 miles N.W. of Devizes, its post town and railway station, and the same distance from Chippenham. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Salisbury, value £90, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a neat modern edifice in the early English style of architecture. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel, and there are National schools for both sexes.
"COATE, a tything in the parish of Bishop's Cannings, in the county of Wilts, 2 miles E. of Devizes."
"EASTON, a tything in the parish of Bishop's Cannings, county Wilts, 3 miles N.E. of Devizes. It is united with Bourton."
"HORTON, a tything in the parish of Bishop's Cannings, county Wilts, 3 miles N.E. of Devizes. It is situated on the Avon and Kennet canal."
"SOUTHBROOM, a chapelry in the parish of Bishop's Cannings, hundred of Potterne, county Wilts, 2 miles from Devizes, its post town. It is situated on the Kennet and Avon canal. The Devizes Union poorhouse and a lunatic asylum are situated in this district. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Sarum, value £150, in the patronage of the vicar. The church is a modern structure. Southbroom House is the principal residence."
