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"ALLCANNINGS, a parish in the hundred of Swanborough, in the county of Wilts, 5 miles to the E. of Devizes. It contains the chapelry of Etchilhampton and the tythings of Allington and Fullaway, and is situated on the Wiltshire and Berkshire canal. It is near the Avon and Wans-Dyke. The living is a rectory's in the diocese of Salisbury, value with the curacy of Etchilhampton, £1,100, in the patronage of Lord Ashburton. The church is dedicated to St. Anne. There is an endowed free school. A fair is held on the downs on the 6th August, for the sale of cattle and horses."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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This parish includes a hamlet called Allington, which has a Baptist church with registers.
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If you have been unable to find the 1841 census for this parish, Wiltshire and Swindon Archives website provides the answer as one of their Wiltshire History Questions.
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Transcription of the Census for All Cannings of 1851-1891 by Tina Kirby at Swangen's Genes. She also has some additional records for the people who appear in the census, for example marriage records.
All Cannings Census, 1851-1891 is available.
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Common to all parishes is a description of Church Records and Indexes for Wiltshire, including a complete Marriage Index for the county.
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of All Cannings, All Saints:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1578-1947, Mar 1578-1992, Bur 1578-1872
- IGI Chr 1813-1885 Batch C014062, Mar 1813-1895 Batch M014062
- VRI Chr 1880-1885
- White Horse Baptisms 1579-1840
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1578-1837
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Indexes and registers of the church of Allington (by Devizes), Baptist:
- IGI Chr 1826-1837 Batch C093111
- White Horse Baptisms 1826-1837
- A transcription of the section for All Cannings from the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for All Cannings from A Vision of Britain through time.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from All Cannings to another place.
- The entry for All Cannings from British History Online.
- The entry for All Cannings from Wiltshire Community History.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU067629 (Lat/Lon: 51.365227, -1.904797), All Cannings which are provided by:
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- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
You can also see Family History Societies covering the nearby area, plotted on a map. This facility is being developed, and is awaiting societies to enter information about the places they cover.