CANNINGS (BISHOP'S), a parish in the hundred
of POTTERNE-and-CANNINGS, county of WILTS, 3 miles
(N. E.) from Devizes, containing, with the chapelry of
St. James, and the tything of Chittoe, 2722 inhabitants.
The living is a vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and
patronage of the Deaix and Chapter of Salisbury, rated
in the king's books at £17. 19. 2. The church, dedicated
to St. Mary, is a large and handsome structure,
in the early style of English architecture.