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Cannington is a village and
History
The parish formerly included part of the village of Combwich, with its port and ferry terminal. In 1881 the parish contained 4,980 acres (2,020 ha).[2]
The Saxon name of this village was Caninganmaersees or Cantuctone. Cantuc was an Old English word for a ridge, ton a settlement.[3]
The
It was the site of a
The lords of the manor were the Clifford family including Hugh Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh. Gurney Manor, a 13th-century manor house with an attached chapel wing, had been converted into flats[9] but is now supported by the Landmark Trust and is available as holiday accommodation.[10] A manor house was also built at Blackmore Farm, with its own chapel, around 1480 for Thomas Tremayll.[11]
Cannington was part of the
The Cannington Centre for Land-based Studies was formerly known as Cannington College, which was established in 1921, but now forms part of
The dairy in Cannington, which has been operating since the 1930s, is now owned by local firm
Religious sites
The
Governance
The
For local government purposes, since 1 April 2023, the village comes under the unitary authority of Somerset Council. Prior to this, it was part of the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Bridgwater Rural District.[14]
The village is part of 'Cannington and Wembdon'
It is also part of the
References
- ^ "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Cannington". British History Online. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ "History". Cannington Online. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ "Somerset Historic Environment Record". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ISBN 0-340-20116-9.
- ^ "Houses of Benedictine nuns: The priory of Cannington". British History Online. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ "Priory History". Cannington Online. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "Cannington Court (1344930)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "The Manor (1344898)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ "Landmark Trust — Gurney Manor". Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
- ^ Historic England. "Blackmore Farm Manor House (1175359)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ "Cannington Hundred". British History Online. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1059059)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ "Bridgwater RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ "Cannington and Wembdon ward 2011". Retrieved 6 March 2015.