All Cannings
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| All Cannings shown within Wiltshire | |
| Population | 649 (in 2011) |
| OS grid reference | SU070617 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Devizes |
| Postcode district | SN10 |
| Dialling code | 01380 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Community Portal |
All Cannings (pronounced Allcannings) is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey in the English county of Wiltshire, about 4 miles (6 km) east of Devizes.
The parish includes the nearby smaller settlement of Allington.
The earliest settlement in the area of All Cannings was at Rybury Camp, on the downs above the village.
The Iron Age settlement at the farm of All Cannings Cross is an important site in study of that period.
There is also evidence of settlement from Neolithic and Roman times. The Wansdyke crosses the parish, below Tan Hill.
The toponym 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 early in the 13th century and the earliest features in the current Church of England parish church are late Norman.
By the 14th century the village had a water mill, but this had disappeared by the 18th century.
The Church of England parish church of All Saints is Grade II* listed. It dates from the 13th century and was restored in the 19th century. The church has a cruciform in shape with a three bay nave, a central tower, north and south transepts, a south chapel, north and south porches, and a 19th-century chancel.
Norman features remaining include part of the chancel arch. The three stage Perpendicular tower is the mid 15th century; the transepts also date from this period. It is believed that the nave and aisles were re-modelled after the Reformation.
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