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Survey of English Place-Names

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Anchor Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Foremark

Historical Forms

  • Anker Church 1648 Burdett
  • Anchorchurch 1658 ParRegRepton

Etymology

, Anker Church 1648Burdett , Anchorchurch 1658ParReg Repton , an artificial cave , which is traditionally considered to have been the home of an anchorite , v. ancor , cirice .

Places in the same Parish