Bishops Cannings
village · Wiltshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Bishops Cannings means 'Cannings belonging to a bishop'. Cannings is derived from Old English 'caningas' meaning 'the people of Canna', a personal name. The 'Bishops' prefix distinguishes it.
Word origins
- Biscop
- Old Englishbishop(from bisceop "bishop")
- caningas
- Old EnglishAttestedthe people of Canna(from Canna "personal name", -ingas "people of")
Historical forms
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