English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Hermitage

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bluntisham cum Earith

Etymology

Hermitage is an important spot in Earith where there was an old passage over the Ouse. There is evidence of a hermitage here in the 14th cent. Locally it is called Armitage .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement