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WELCOME TO
"CANNINGTON ON LINE"
The
"Events"
page will keep you up to date with the diary
of day to day life in the village and new
topics.
The
"What's New"
page will show you new photos of local
events in the village.
The
original Cannington from which all the
others take their names.
Visit our
history pages for
the original.
It gives its name to a
small brook which passes through it on its
journey from the Quantocks to River Parrett
also to a parish of which it is the central
settlement.
It measures approx. 6km
N/S & 6KM E/W with an area approaching 23km2
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Scenery |
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At 10m above sea level the
village is situated between the low wet
plain of the River Parrett to the north and
the Quantocks to the south. The northern
part of the parish is below 10m. The land
rises to the south. The highest
points at Charlynch and Cannington Park are
just over 80m.
The village skyline is
dominated by the 14th century
sandstone tower of the parish church of St
Mary the Virgin. Surrounding dwellings
range from 17th century cottages
through to 21st century
developments.
The green landscape
surrounding the village is one of
small fields and ancient hedgerows.
Temporary and permanent grassland and
cereals are the main crops to be seen whilst
sheep and black and white Friesian
dairy cattle are the main livestock.
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Employment |
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Many Canningtonions work
outside the parish in towns like Bridgwater
[5km], Taunton [9km] or at Hinkley Point
Nuclear Power Station [10km].
Within the village major
employers are Yeo Valley Dairy, Cannington
Centre (Bridgwater College) [a tertiary college of rural
industries], Brymore School [a secondary
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Organisation |
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Its affairs are managed by a
parish council within the administrative
district of Sedgemoor which is in turn a
sub-division of the County of Somerset.
Ian Liddell-Grainger is the
Member of Parliament representing the
Parishioners of Cannington within the
Bridgwater constituency. Cannington's
County Councillor is John Edney. Cannington
has three representatives on the Sedgemoor
District Council, Mr John Edney,
Mr. David Joslin and Mr. Ken Dyer and have
ten elected Parish
Councillors that meet the
second Tuesday of each month in the Village
Hall. The present Chairman is Mr. Maurice
Locke and the Vice Chairman is Mr. Bill
Sutton.
The Clerk to the Parish
Council is Mr. David Hatherley, 44 Tor View
Avenue, GLASTONBURY, BA6 8AF. Phone: 01458
837821 or on email at: -
david.j.hatherley@btinternet.com |
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1981
Population 2142
Dwellings 796
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Location |
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It can be found at 51°
09’N 3° 04’ W
on the world graticule
or at ST 257 397 on the
British National Grid
[OS Sheet 182 1:50,000 scale]
or bearing 255°
215km (133m) away from London
It measures approx. 6km N/S &
6KM E/W with an area approaching 23km2
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