Description
Cann, or Shaston-St-Rumbold, a parish in Dorsetshire, on the verge of the county, adjoining Shaftesbury, and 4 1/2 miles SSE of Semley railway station. Post town, Shaftesbury, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 987; population, 501. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury; value, £200. Patron, the Earl of Shaftesbury. There are two Primitive Methodist chapels.
Parish Church
The church of St. Rumbold, rebuilt upon the old site in 1840, is a building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave and an embattled western tower containing 4 bells: the stained east window was given by the late Edwin Thomas, formerly of this parish: there is a monument to the Rev. William Rigden B.A. a former rector, d. 26 May, 1870, and his son, William Gregson Rigden, and other memorials to the Bowles family, of the 18th century: in the chancel is a stained window to the memory of Mark Butt; the font dates from the 12th century: a carved oak lectern was presented in 1907 by the parishioners and friends at a cost of £25, in memory of the Rev. William Darby, rector of this parish 1878-1906: the church was renovated in 1910 at a cost of about £1,000: there are sittings for 230 persons.
The register dates from the year 1563.
