Cann is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated on the A350 road in the 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.
External links
Media related to Cann, Dorset at Wikimedia Commons
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