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Survey of English Place-Names

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St Ann's Hermitage

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Leighs

Historical Forms

  • St Ann's Ermitage 1571 M
  • St Anns 1777 C

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is St Ann 's Ermitage 1571 M, St Anns (1777 C) and preserves the memory of a pre - reformation hermitage ( M ii, 98 ) .