Mention in Domesday Book, 



The earliest notice in any document that we find of All Cannings 

 is that contained in the Domesday Record. We give the extract 

 together with the translation. It is registered under the lands 

 belonging to the church of St. Mary, at Winchester. The extract ^ 

 refers simply to All Cannings proper. 



Ipsa Ecclesia tenet Caninge. The Church itself holds Caning b. 



Tempore Regis Ed wardigeldabat 

 pro 18 hidis et una virgata 

 terrae et dimidio. Terra est 15 

 carucatse. De hac terra sunt in 

 dominio 4 hidae, et ibi 5 caru- 

 catae, et 8 servi. Ibi 27 villani, 

 et 17 bordarii, et 6 cotarii, cum 

 10 carucatis. Ibi molinus, red- 

 dens 13 solidos, et 108 acrae 

 prati. Pastura una leuca longa 

 et 3 quarentenis lata. Silva 4 

 quarentenis longa et 2 quaren- 

 tenis lata. Yaluit 20 libras; 

 modo 30 libras. 



In the time of King Edward it 

 paid geld for 18 hides, 1 virgate 

 and a half. The land is 15 car- 

 ucates. Of this land there are 

 in demesne 4 bides, and there are 

 5 carucates and 8 serfs. There 

 are 27 villans, and 17 bordars, 

 and 6 cottars, with 10 carucates. 

 There is a mill paying 13 shil- 

 lings, and 108 acres of meadow. 

 The pasture is 1 mile long, and 



3 furlongs broad. The wood is 



4 furlongs long, and 2 furlongs 

 broad. The estate was worth 

 £20 ; it is now worth £30. 



A few general inferences may be drawn from the above extract 

 from the Domesday Record. It will be observed, first of all, that 

 " the land " (terra) by which is meant " the arable," or that which 

 was under the plough, was, in all, some 15 carucates.^ This would 

 probably represent six to seven hundred acres of land under tillage, 

 exclusive of course of meadow and pasture. In those early days, 

 when so much of the land was still uncleared, this indicates an 

 advanced state of cultivation. Again, about one third of this land 



' Domesday for Wiltshire, by Rev. W. H. Jones, p. 52. 

 ^ See on this point, Domesday for Wiltshire, introduction p. xxxviii. 



