covering the tithings of Bedborough, Nursteed, Roundway, and Wick. Boundary changes in 1835 brought the church inside the municipal borough. The hamlet of Chittoe, some to the north-west near Bromham, was a detached part of Bishops Cannings parish until a church was built there in 1845. A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was opened at Horton in 1832 and closed in the second half of the 20th century. At Coate, a Brethren chapel was built in 1848 and closed in 1973. Amenities Bishops Cannings has a primary school which serves the parish and the eastern side of Devizes. A National School was built in 1830 and transferred to the present site in 1907. The chapel at Coate was used as a school from 1848 until 1876, when a new school was opened nearby; this school closed in 1929. The parish has four pubs: the Crown Inn at Bishops Cannings, the Bridge Inn near Horton, the New Inn at Coate, and the Hourglass at Devizes Marina on the Kennet and Avon Canal. Part of North Wilts Golf Club, on the downs, is within the parish, near the Morgan's Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest. Notable people Around 1613 George Ferebee, vicar of Bishops Cannings, was appointed chaplain to King James I. William Bayly (1737–1810), the son of a Bishops Cannings farmer, was recognised for his mathematical prowess. He was employed by the Royal Observatory and sailed as an astronomer on two of Cook's voyages. After completing his career as head-master of the Royal Academy, Portsmouth, in 1809 he paid for the organ in the parish church of his home village. References External links Villages in Wiltshire Civil parishes in Wiltshire Aviation accidents and incidents locations in England