Cann, Dorset

Village in Dorset, England

Human settlement in England

District

Region

50°59′25″N 2°11′02″W / 50.9904°N 2.1839°W / 50.9904; -2.1839

Cann is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated on the A350 road in the North Dorset administrative district, 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) south of Shaftesbury. The civil parish covers 2,600 acres (1,100 hectares) and has an underlying geology of Kimmeridge clay, greensand and gault clay.^[2] In the 2011 census the parish—which includes HM Prison Guys Marsh—had a population of 822.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Area: Cann (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
^ "'Cann', An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 4: North (1972), pp. 9-10". British History Online. University of London & History of Parliament Trust. November 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2014.