THE 



WILTS HIRE MAGA ZINE. 



"multobum manibtjs geande levattje onus," — Ovid, 



Compiled from materials furnislied principally by the Kev. H. H. Methwek, 

 Curate of All Cannings, 



By the Rev. W. H. Jones, M.A., F.S,A., 

 Vicar of Bradford on Avon. 



^j^HE parish of All Cannings is situated in North Wilts, 

 ijl^l though close upon the border-line that separates the two 

 divisions of the county. It comprises not only All Cannings 

 proper, but also the hamlet of Alltngton, and the chapelry of 

 Etchilhampton. Each of these places is separately accounted for 

 in Domesday Book; and, though component parts of one and the 

 same ecclesiastical benefice, they still continue to be distinct manors. 

 In the following pages we will endeavour to keep the accounts of 

 each of these parochial divisions separate the one from the other ; 

 but in some few respects their histories are so intermixed that we 

 can hardly avoid in the first section which relates specially to All 

 Cannings, anticipating one or two matters which would more 

 strictly belong to the accounts of Allington, or Etchilhampton. 

 All the three portions of All Cannings are in the Hundred of 



1 The materials from -which this account of the parish of All Cannings has 

 been prepared, were fui-nished some time ago by the Rev. H. H. Methuen, in 

 reply to the questions circulated, under the sanction of the Bishop of Salisbury, 

 with the view of encouraging the compilation of Parochial Histories for Wilts 

 and Dorset. The Secretaries, with the consent of the Rev. H. H. Methuen, 

 placed his manuscript in the hands of the Rev. "W. H. Jones, Vicar of Bradford 

 on Avon, and their thanks are due to that gentleman for the trouble he has 

 taken in revising and arranging the materials, and preparing them, with 

 considerable additions, for publication in this Magazine. 

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