15-526: Cannington may refer to: Cannington, Somerset Cannington, Ontario , a village Cannington, Western Australia , a suburb of Perth Cannington, Queensland , a mining location Cannington Manor Provincial Park , a provincial park in Saskatchewan, Canada Cannington Lake , a community in Saskatchewan Cannington Lake (Saskatchewan) ,
30-489: A 13th-century manor house with an attached chapel wing, had been converted into flats but is now supported by the Landmark Trust and is available as holiday accommodation. A manor house was also built at Blackmore Farm , with its own chapel, around 1480 for Thomas Tremayll. Cannington was part of the hundred of Cannington . The Cannington Centre for Land-based Studies was formerly known as Cannington College, which
45-496: A Grade I listed building and is considered notable partly due to the substantial survival of medieval construction throughout. The first building on the site was an open hall house erected before 1350. It was rebuilt around 1400 with various additions during the 15th century. William Dodisham added the south wing, porch, and kitchen and put in new windows. In 1480 he left it to his niece Agnes, who married local landowner Walter Michael. Their family and descendants owned and improved
60-813: A lake in Saskatchewan Cannington (electoral district) , an electorate of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly Electoral district of Cannington , an electorate of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Civil Lines, Allahabad , a neighborhood, formerly known as Cannington Cannington Viaduct , in Devon near Lyme Regis in Dorset Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
75-529: Is a village and civil parish 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Bridgwater in Somerset , England. It lies on the west bank of the River Parret , and contains the hamlet of Edstock. 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). The Saxon name of this village was Caninganmaersees or Cantuctone . Cantuc
90-682: Is the most populous area the ward does include Wembdon . The total population of the ward at the 2011 census was 4,507. It is also part of the Bridgwater county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, and was part of the South West England constituency of
105-662: The European Parliament prior to Britain leaving the European Union in January 2020, which elected seven MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation . Gurney Manor Gurney Manor in Cannington , Somerset , England is a 13th-century manor house with an attached chapel wing. It is now supported by the Landmark Trust and is available as holiday accommodation. It has been designated as
120-493: The local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also
135-508: The manor until 1616. It then became a farmhouse often inhabited by tenants until the early 20th century. In these 300 years the property enjoyed few improvements but nonetheless suffered few fundamental alterations. In World War II the house was divided into flats by a Mr Harris, whose descendants sold it to the Landmark Trust in the 1980s. The interior includes the remnants of a 17th-century strapwork plaster ceiling. Restoration work in
150-522: The responsibility of the council. 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 . The village is part of 'Cannington and Wembdon' electoral ward . Although Cannington
165-510: The title Cannington . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cannington&oldid=1153466019 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cannington, Somerset Cannington
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#1732844947432180-423: Was an Old English word for a ridge, ton a settlement. The Battle of Cynwit took place in 878, and Cannington Camp , a Bronze Age and Iron Age hill fort , (also called Cynwir or Cynwit Castle) has been suggested as the most likely location for it. The Cannington Camp site, of recognized archaeological importance, has been partly destroyed by Castle Hill Quarry in its limestone quarrying activities. It
195-499: Was established in 1921, but now forms part of Bridgwater College . The village is also home to Brymore Academy . The dairy in Cannington, which has been operating since the 1930s, is now owned by local firm Yeo Valley Organic and produces yoghurt. The Church of St Mary has a tower, 120 feet/36.6m tall, which dates from the 14th century, the remainder was rebuilt in the early 15th century and restored in 1840 by Richard Carver. It
210-464: Was previously connected to Cannington Court and is postulated as the former church of a house of Benedictine Nuns. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building . The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with
225-501: Was the site of a Benedictine nunnery, founded by Robert de Courcy about 1140, which survived until the dissolution of the monasteries . The nunnery owned significant land in the area. The site is now Cannington Court which incorporates some remains of the Priory. The lords of the manor were the Clifford family including Hugh Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh . Gurney Manor ,
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