Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Avebury - Bishops Cannings - East Kennett - Etchilhampton - Patney - Southbroom - Stanton St. Bernard
Websites of Interest
All Cannings - A brief history
Duncan and Mandy Ball's - Website for images of All Saints Church
GenUKI - For information on All Cannings
United Benefice - Bishops Cannings, Etchilhampton & All Cannings
University of Leicester's - Website for historical Wiltshire directories
The registers of All Cannings, and Etchilhampton - American Libraries - these have been transcribed below
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - The Wiltshire County Archives for all historical documents and the place to obtain original copies
Wiltshire Community History - Historical information for parishes within the Wiltshire County jurisdiction
The Parish Church of All Saints
The cruciform church (All Saints) was originally Norman, and two of the old piers of the former central tower of this date remain incorporated with the piers of the late crossing which support the Perpendicular tower. The nave is Decorated the aisles Perpendicular and the north porch, which was evidently an addition to the once Normal nave, is Early English. The transepts are Perpendicular, the south transept having a chantry chapel to the east in the battlemented parapet of which occur the arms of Beauchamp ans St Amand. The chancel was rebuilt in 1867 from the designs of T. H. Wyatt, by the rector, Mr Methuen, and his sons, as a memorial to the Rev. T. P. Methuen, and a testimony to a happy home. There is a reredos of carved alabaster with a well executed representation of the Lord's supper. The roofs of the nave and south aisle are Jacobean, also the font cover (1633).In the north transept is some old glass showing the archangel Gabriel. At the west end of the south aisle is a handsome Elizabethan monument to William and Ione Ernle (1587), and in the north aisle an 18th century monument to the same family.
(Note:Norman (1060-1145), Early English (1190-1245), Decorated (1245-1360), Perpendicular (1360-1485) [source: The Red Book, published by Methuen, 1949]
All Saints Church Gallery Church Interior All Saints Churchyard
Parish Register Transcripts
Notes From the Parish Registers 1578-1848
Baptisms
Banns
Marriages
Burials
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1578-1947
Marriages 1578-1992
Burials 1578-1872
Records available from Other Sources
Parish History
(Old English. eald=the old place of the people of Cana) All Cannings is in the Pewsey vale. The manor house now a farmhouse and nuch modernised, has some 14th century woodwork. Coleridge visited the Mr Methuen of his day in 1818. The farm of All Cannings Cross was the scene of great importance, when the site of a village of the early Iron Age was excavated. [source: The Red Book, published by Methuen, 1949]
This parish includes the hamlets of Allington and Fullaway
Civil Registration
1837 - Present Devizes Registration District
Buildings and Land
Enclosures
Indentures
Indenture for Sale, Mortgage etc. Stonyford Mill, Stanton St. Bernard 1764
Land Owners
Parting Letter of Mr. Estcourt 1859 Owners of Land 1873
Listed Buildings
Old Rectory
Public Houses
Cross Keys
Kings Arms
Crime and Legal Matters
Malting Regulations Breaches 1802-1813
Assaults
Assault and Attempted Robbery 1824
Bastardy
Bastardy Examinations Bastardy Examinations (Fullaway)
Capital Punishment
Goodman & Amor, Trial & Execution 1824
Civil Matters
Breach of Promise of Marriage 1878
Directories
| Post Office 1855 | Kellys 1867 | Post Office 1875 | Kellys 1889 | Gillmans 1899 | Gillmans 1900 |
| Kellys 1903 | Kellys 1907 | Kellys 1911 | Gillmans 1914 | Kellys 1915 | Kellys 1931 |
Education
Church of England School
Emigration and Migration
Strays Index Assisted Emigration 1846
Employment and Business
Apprentices
Apprentice records published here may not necessarily mean that the apprentice was from the parish but was apprenticed to a master within the parish.
Wiltshire Society Apprentices
| Charles Merritt 1836 | William Swatton 1831 | George White 1844 |
John White 1832 |
| Mark White 1838 |
Mark White 1853 |
Markets and Fairs
Christmas Fare at Devizes 1870
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Allington Chapel (see tab below)
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871 Labourer's Friend Society Meeting at Devizes 1833
Census Returns Transcripts
Please note that the original 1841 Census return did not survive for All Cannings
Coroners Bills
County coroners were introduced in England in around 1194 once established other boroughs and liberties sought the right to have their own coroner. Often in Medieval times the coroner also assumed the role of the sheriff and his duties weren't limited to holding inquests on dead bodies although almost a full time post they were unpaid for the duties apart from those that were deemed murder of manslaughter when they would receive 13s. 4d. From the 24th June 1752 a law was passed allowing the coroner to claim £1 for every inquest they attended not held in a gaol and also to claim 9d per mile travel allowance from the place of residence. Inquests held in any gaol were performed at a rate totalling no more than £1. These costs were to be paid from the county rates. In cases of homicide the coroner also received the former fee of 13s. 4d. The coroners submitted their bills at the quarter session sittings for approval. Coroners Bills 1752-1796
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Voters Lists Revisions 1843 County Council Election Notice 1925 MP Nominations 2015
Parish Notables
Andy Scott, Guitarist & Songwriter, member of the Glam Rock Band "Sweet"
Personal Research Items
Tuck Family Research Burial Extracts - These items were donated by Ken Tuck and contains entries that may or may not relate to the Tuck family however they have been published as such. Many references to Quaker entries may be found from across the county.
Taxes
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Poor Law Union Bread & Flour Contract 1838
Probate
Probate Notices 1800-1899 National Probate Index 1858-1966
Parishioners Wills
Henry Hiscock 1568 & 1569 Thomas Neate the Elder 1661 Mary Longcaster 1695
War, Conflict and Military Matters
Military & War Memorial Gallery
| Why the Poppy | Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911 | Casualties of WWI Named in the Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book |
| Casualties of WWI Biographies |
British Red Cross/Voluntary Aid Detachment
Jane Cave 1916-1917 Harriett Locke 1914-1919
Allington
Village History
Allington is a small hamlet, 1/2 mile north of All Cannings. There are many barrows in the neighbourhood and the Rybury camp (Iron Age) is on a hill 1 1/2 miles to the northeast. [source: The Red Book, published by Methuen, 1949]
The hamlet of Allington can be found on the Horton Road (off A361, London Road, near Devizes)
Buildings and Land
Enclosures
Listed Buildings
Grade II Listed
5 Allington Bethel Street Baptist Chapel Hotspur House
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy Examinations Crime Reports 1700-1799
Directories
Post Office 1855 Gillmans 1899 Gillmans 1900 Gillmans 1914
Education
National School Admissions
Amy Abbott 1902 George Henry Abbott 1902 Ida D. Abbott 1904 Mabel Abbott 1902
Emigration and Migration
Strays Index Emigrant - James Ellis 1863
Employment and Business
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
A Strict Baptist Chapel (Bethel Street Baptist) opened here in 1828 through the efforts of Joseph Parry, the principle farmer of Allington, the village Evangelist, and became a prominent social centre for the people of Allington. Most of the inhabitants attended the chapel. On Census Sunday 1851 the morning attendance was 80, whilst 100 people came to chapel in the afternoon. Until 1881 the villagers were married at All Cannings. In that year the Chapel was registered to solemnize their own marriages. The chapel closed between c1927 and 1937, after that weekly services continued through the 20th century and into the present one. Strict Baptist Church Gallery Chapelyard Memorials Survey - A small area in front of the Chapel. A farmyard is located behind the burial ground.
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Please note that the Original 1841 Census Return has not survived.
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832
Personal Research Items
Tuck Family Research Burial Extracts - These items were donated by Ken Tuck and contains entries that may or may not relate to the Tuck family however they have been published as such. Many references to Quaker entries may be found from across the county.
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Probate
War, Conflict and Military Matters
WWI
British Red Cross/V.A.D. Volunteers
