Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CANN, or Shaston-St. Rumbold

CANN, or Shaston-St. Rumbold, a parish in Shaftesbury district, Dorset; on the verge of the county, 1¼ mile SE of Shaftesbury, and 4¼ SSE of Semley r. station. Post Town, Shaftesbury, under Salisbury. Acres, 930. Pop., 547. Houses, 126. The area is all included in the borough of Shaftesbury. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £196.* Patron, the Earl of Shaftesbury.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cann Parish       Shaftesbury Poor Law Union/Registration District       Dorset Ancient County
Place names: CANN     |     CANN OR SHASTON ST RUMBOLD     |     SHASTON ST RUMBOLD
Place: Cann

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