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Bishops Cannings Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Bishops Cannings

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Bishops Cannings history

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Horton is first attested in 1158. The place-name is a common one in England and derives from Old English horu ‘dirt’ and tūn ‘settlement, farm, estate’, presumably meaning ‘farm on muddy soil’ Bourton manor was an estate of the Ernle family. The Kennet and Avon Canal (opened in 1810) was built through the parish.

Bishops Cannings geography / climate

The northern part of the parish lies on the Marlborough Downs, including Morgan’s Hill and part of Roundway Hill. Bishops Cannings village is about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of the A361 road which links Devizes with Avebury and Swindon.

You can visit Bishops Cannings places with Walkfo Bishops Cannings to hear history at Bishops Cannings’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Bishops Cannings has 14 places to visit in our interactive Bishops Cannings map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Bishops Cannings, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Bishops Cannings places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Bishops Cannings & the surrounding areas.

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14 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Bishops Cannings tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Bishops Cannings

  

Best Bishops Cannings places to visit

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Bishops Cannings has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Bishops Cannings’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Bishops Cannings’s information audio spots:

Battle of Roundway Down The Battle of Roundway Down was fought on 13 July 1643 near Devizes, in Wiltshire. A Royalist cavalry force under Lord Wilmot won a crushing victory over the Parliamentarian Army of the West. Viewed as their most decisive victory of the war, the Royalists secured control of South West England.

Morgan’s Hill Morgan’s Hill is a 12.6-hectare (31-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Calne and Devizes in Wiltshire. The SSSI was notified in 1951 and again in 1987.

Morgan’s Hill Enclosure Morgan’s Hill Enclosure is an archaeological site south-east of Calne, Wiltshire. It is about 130 metres (430 ft) north of the Wansdyke.

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