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APPENDIX C : TABULATED LIST OF CELLS
Rotha Mary Clay, in her book The Hermits and Anchorites of England, includes a list of
Hermitages and Anchorages per county. This list is too detailed to transcribe quickly, and
in an effort to make these pages available, I'm providing book page and table scans.

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APPENDIX C : TABULATED LIST OF CELLS
Clay, Rotha Mary., The Hermits and Anchorites of England. Methuen & Co., London. 1914.

TABULATED LIST OF CELLS

EXPLANATION OF HEADINGS, REFERENCES

Description.    i.e. dedication or situation of cell.
H.                  = hermit, hermitage.
A.                  = anchorite (male or female), anchorage.
Date.             i.e. the earliest accredited reference ; c. = circa c. = century ; bef. = before ; tp. = temp.
Patron.          = patron, benefactor, source of endowment.
Italics.           The use of italics implies uncertainty. When a name is italicized it signifies tha the person is
                    described not as hermit by keeper, chaplain, etc.
Name.          With name of inmate, D. = Dame ; Br. = Brother ; pr. = priest ; d. = died ;
                     n.d. = no date recorded.

N. B. —The numbering of cells is for puposes of reference. In some cases two or more numbers may refer to one cell, e.g. in Norfolk, Nos. 19, 27, 29, 30.

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN REFERENCES

B.                    Blomefield, History of Norfolk.
B.M.                British Museum.
Bodl.               Bodleian Library.
Cart.                Cartulary.
Ch.                  Charter.
Close.            Calendar of Close Rolls.
Dugd.           Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum.
Ex. Reg.           Exeter Episcopal Registers, ed. Hingeston-Randolph.
Foed.               Rymer, Foedera.
Itin.              Leland, Itinerary, ed. Hearne, 1770.
Linc. Wills.    A. W. Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills.
Nov. Leg.      Nova Legenda Angliae, ed. C. Horstman.
Pat.             Calendar of Patent Rolls.
P.R.O.           Public Records Office.
R.                  Roll.
Rec.               Records.
Reg.                 Register.
Rolls.               Rolls Series of Chronicles and Memorials.
S.                    Society.
S.S.                 Surtees Society.
Ser.                 Series.
V.C.H.            Victoria County History.

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Bedfordshire.
Berkshire.
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Buckinghamshire.
Cambridgeshire.
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Cheshire.
Cornwall.
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Cumberland.
Derbyshire.
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Devonshire.
Dorset.
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Durham.
Essex.
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Gloucestershire.
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Hampshire.
Herefordshire.
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Hertfordshire.
Huntingdonshire.
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Kent.
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Kent—cont.
Lancashire.
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Leicestershire.
Lincolnshire.
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Lincolnshire—cont.
Middlesex.
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Middlesex—cont.
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Norfolk.
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Norfolk—cont.
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Norfolk—cont.
Northamptonshire.
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Northamptonshire—cont.
Northumberland.
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Northumberland—cont.
Nottinghamshire.
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Oxfordshire.
Rutland.
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Shropshire.
Somerset.
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Somerset—cont.
Staffordshire.
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Suffolk.
Surrey.
Sussex.
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Sussex—cont.
Warwickshire.
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Westmorland.
Wiltshire.
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Worcestershire.
Yorkshire.
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Yorkshire—cont.
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Yorkshire—cont.
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Yorkshire—cont.
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Unidentified.
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