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Cannington is a village and civil parish north-west of Bridgwater in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. It lies on the west bank of the River Parret, and contains the hamlet of Edstock. ==History== The parish formerly included part of the village of Combwich, with its port and ferry terminal. In 1881 the parish contained . The Saxon name of this village was ''Caninganmaersees'' or ''Cantuctone''. ''Cantuc'' was an Old English word for a ridge, ''ton'' a settlement.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History )〕 The Battle of Cynwit took place in 878, and Cannington Camp, a Bronze Age and Iron Age hill fort, (also called Cynwir or Cynwit Castle)〔 has been suggested as the most likely location for it. The Cannington Camp site, of recognized archaeological importance, has been partly destroyed by Castle Hill Quarry in its limestone quarrying activities. It was the site of a Benedictine nunnery, founded by Robert de Courcy about 1140, which survived until the Dissolution of the monasteries. The nunnery owned significant land in the area. The site is now Cannington Court which incorporates some remains of the Priory.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Priory History )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Images of England )〕 The lords of the manor were the Clifford family including Hugh Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh. Gurney Manor, a 13th-century manor house with an attached chapel wing, had been converted into flats〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Images of England )〕 but is now supported by the Landmark Trust and is available as holiday accommodation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=23 June 2010 )〕 A manor house was also built at Blackmore Farm, with its own chapel, around 1480 for Thomas Tremayll.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Images of England )〕 Cannington was part of the hundred of Cannington.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18546 )〕 The Cannington Centre for Land-based Studies was formerly known as Cannington College, which was established in 1921, but now forms part of Bridgwater College. The village is also home to Brymore Academy. The dairy in Cannington, which has been operating since the 1930s, is now owned by local firm Yeo Valley Organic and produces yoghurt. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cannington, Somerset」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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