Cann (St. Rumbold)

St. Rumbold's Church, Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset

In Salisbury Street, Shaftesbury. Church by William Walker, 1840. There was an account of the consecration service in the Salisbury Herald of 1840:

Shaftesbury, Sept. 22. - The attendance of the clergy and laity at the consecration of the new church of Cann St. Rumbold was numerous, and the proceedings of the day highly gratifying. An appropriate sermon was preached by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury [Edward Denison]. The collection made far exceeded what was previously expected. - Salisbury Herald. [From: The British Magazine, Vol. XVIII (1840), p. 592]

Sources:

• John Hutchins, The history and antiquities of the County of Dorset, 3rd ed., edited by William Shipp and J.W. Hodson, Westminster: J.B. Nichols, 1861-1873, Vol. x, pp. x.
• John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 364.
• F.P. Pitfield, Dorset parish churches, A-D. Milborne Port: Dorset Publishing Company, 1981, pp. 147-149.
• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 4, North Dorset. London: HMSO, 1972, pp. 65-66.

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