Predominantly A,B a very high percentage are university educated, retired school teachers seem to make up a far proportion of the population, you would not class it as a work ing village There is a Methodist Chapel dated 1810, and St. Swithun's Church, which dates from Norman times.

Hallsannery is a Georgian style mansion, which should not be confused with nearby Annery, Monkleigh.

In 1891 it was occupied by Richard Boucher James (1822-1908), a pioneering settler in South Australia, and his family.

In 1848 at Willunga he married Mary Le Brun (née Helmore) (born 1821 Isle of Wight).

In Devon he purchased Hallsannery House from where he continued his interest and management of the Canowie Pastoral Company until his death in 1908.