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bishop's cannings church, wiltshire.
93
Measurements.—Church, width 99 feet,—length of the whole 282 feet 6 inches :
viz. Steeple 40 feet 3 inches; nave or body 155 feet 5 inches; chancel 86 feet
10 inches : heights of the nave from the pavement to the ceiling 61 feet. Steeple,
262 feet 9 inches.
ltsi)op s Canntngs Cijurcj),
wiltshire.
The village of Bishop's Cannings is seated in a fine and fertile vale, which is
bounded to the north by the open downs of Marlborough, and to the south by a lofty
ridge of Salisbury-plain, at the distance of three miles north-east of Devizes. From
its prefix I conclude that it was formerly an appendage to the Bishop's See ; and at
present the vicarage is in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Sarum. In the
Domesday-book for this county, Cannings, then called Cainingham, is stated as
belonging to the Bishop, whose demesne here is rated at 60 pounds, whilst all the
other lands are said to be worth 35 pounds. At the same time a priest held two
hides of land in the manor.
The church of this parish is a large, handsome, and interesting edifice: of its
history no particulars are recorded; therefore we have no authentic clue to ascer-
tain the era of its erection, nor to account for the size and styles of its architecture.
By analogy, however, we may safely refer the earliest part to the reign of King
Henry the Second. The short, and large proportions of the columns of the nave,
with the ornaments of the capitals, and plain style of the arches, are all of that age ;
as are also the transepts and tower. The roof, side ailes, and clerestory of the nave,
are of much later date. The whole edifice consists of a nave, with two ailes, a large
porch on the south side, a transept with a steeple and spire rising from the centre, a
chantry attached to the east side of the south transept, a chancel, formerly the virgin
chapel, with a chantry-chapel at the north-east corner. In the elevations of the
eastern and western ends, as also at the ends of the transepts, are three lancet
arched windows, with the central light rising above the two lateral ones. Those of
the western end, and in the southern transept, are shewn in the annexed view. The
nave is separated from the ailes by four arches, and three columns on each side. In
93
Measurements.—Church, width 99 feet,—length of the whole 282 feet 6 inches :
viz. Steeple 40 feet 3 inches; nave or body 155 feet 5 inches; chancel 86 feet
10 inches : heights of the nave from the pavement to the ceiling 61 feet. Steeple,
262 feet 9 inches.
ltsi)op s Canntngs Cijurcj),
wiltshire.
The village of Bishop's Cannings is seated in a fine and fertile vale, which is
bounded to the north by the open downs of Marlborough, and to the south by a lofty
ridge of Salisbury-plain, at the distance of three miles north-east of Devizes. From
its prefix I conclude that it was formerly an appendage to the Bishop's See ; and at
present the vicarage is in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Sarum. In the
Domesday-book for this county, Cannings, then called Cainingham, is stated as
belonging to the Bishop, whose demesne here is rated at 60 pounds, whilst all the
other lands are said to be worth 35 pounds. At the same time a priest held two
hides of land in the manor.
The church of this parish is a large, handsome, and interesting edifice: of its
history no particulars are recorded; therefore we have no authentic clue to ascer-
tain the era of its erection, nor to account for the size and styles of its architecture.
By analogy, however, we may safely refer the earliest part to the reign of King
Henry the Second. The short, and large proportions of the columns of the nave,
with the ornaments of the capitals, and plain style of the arches, are all of that age ;
as are also the transepts and tower. The roof, side ailes, and clerestory of the nave,
are of much later date. The whole edifice consists of a nave, with two ailes, a large
porch on the south side, a transept with a steeple and spire rising from the centre, a
chantry attached to the east side of the south transept, a chancel, formerly the virgin
chapel, with a chantry-chapel at the north-east corner. In the elevations of the
eastern and western ends, as also at the ends of the transepts, are three lancet
arched windows, with the central light rising above the two lateral ones. Those of
the western end, and in the southern transept, are shewn in the annexed view. The
nave is separated from the ailes by four arches, and three columns on each side. In