Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• mes'…q' Will' Canon… ten' 1440 Ct

• (land called) le Court 1544 Hutch3

• venell' voc' Cannynge 1548 Ct

• 'manor and the site of it called Canning's Court' 1566 Hutch3

• Canning Court Farme 1623 DCMRent

• Canen Court, Farm called Canning Cort, Cannen Court Lane 1784 SalisT

• Pulham W. or Canning's Court 1795 Boswell

• The Manor of West Pulham or Canning's Court 1869 Hutch3

Etymology

Cannings Court (ST 718077), mes '…q ' Will ' Canon … ten '1440Ct , (land called ) le Court 1544 Hutch3, venell ' voc ' Cannynge 1548Ct , 'manor and the site of it called Canning 's Court '1566 Hutch3, Canning Court Farme 1623DCMRent , Canen Court , Farm called Canning Cort , Cannen Court Lane 1784SalisT , Pulham W . or Canning 's Court 1795 Boswell, The Manor of West Pulham or Canning 's Court 1869 Hutch3, cf. the Court Gates 1784SalisT , named from the family of Thomas Canon 1327SR , 1332 SR (in the earlier roll he is the taxpayer with the highest assessment in West Pulham), v. court 'a large house, a manor'. In an interesting footnote Hutch3 3 736 recognizes the correct original form of the name, but explains Canons as alluding to the possession of this manor by Cirencester Abbey (as in 1212 Fees).