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<< Our Photo Pages >> Anchor Church - Cave or Rock Shelter in England in Derbyshire

Submitted by ESgt on Monday, 17 October 2011  Page Views: 30817

Natural PlacesSite Name: Anchor Church Alternative Name: Anchorite Church
Country: England County: Derbyshire Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Repton  Nearest Village: Ingleby
Map Ref: SK3390827236
Latitude: 52.841573N  Longitude: 1.498039W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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mooonwitch visited on 23rd Aug 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3

oldman visited on 14th Feb 2019 Quite an adventure approaching the caves from the Ingleby side. Very narrow and tortuous path with possibility of falling into the Trent in many places. Worth the hike but my advice would be to approach from the other direction which is much easier (our return route). The footpath also leads to the Danish barrow cemetery if you want a longer walk.

elad13 visited on 4th Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3

ESgt visited on 16th Oct 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 3.33

Anchor Church
Anchor Church submitted by ESgt : Anchor Church, at the point where R.Trent turns eastward from flowing south. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cave or Rock Shelter in Derbyshire

Four interconnected sandstone caves on a backwater previous portion of R.Trent. Said to have been the hermitage of St. Hardulph.
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Anchor Church
Anchor Church submitted by Horatio : Interior of the main cave from the eastern entrance, (Vote or comment on this photo)

Anchor Church
Anchor Church submitted by Horatio : The name Anchor Church is derived from the term anchorite (from the Greek anachōreō, "to withdraw" or "to depart into the countryside") because it is thought to have been the cell of an Anchorite hermit, St Hardulph, who lived and prayed here in the 6th and 7th century. (Wkipedia) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Anchor Church
Anchor Church submitted by rogerkread : Graffiti covers the walls - modern spray paint more obviously offensive, but on the other hand actually less damaging than cutting into the surface of the rock as people clearly used to do with great frequency. I doubt the red triangle is meant to be advertising draught Bass, but you never know. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Anchor Church
Anchor Church submitted by Horatio : Anchor Church approach. These caves in this sandstone outcrop once formed part of the banks of the River Trent and the caves were formed by the action of the river on the rock. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Anchor Church
Anchor Church submitted by Humbucker : The interior of Anchor Church.

Anchor Church
Anchor Church submitted by Humbucker : Anchor Church from the banks of the old course of The River Trent.

Anchor Church
Anchor Church submitted by rogerkread : Anchor 'church', easily reached by footpath from Ingleby.

Anchor Church
Anchor Church submitted by elad13 : 2018 From inside the Anchor Church

Anchor Church
Anchor Church submitted by elad13 : 2018 visit

Anchor Church
Anchor Church submitted by elad13 : From inside Anchor Church looking out over the river Trent

Anchor Church
Anchor Church submitted by rogerkread : Looking out across the Trent backwater.

Anchor Church
Anchor Church submitted by ESgt : Anchor Church interior.

Anchor Church
Anchor Church submitted by ESgt : Inside Anchor Church. Some of the markings could be runic.

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Re: Anchor Church by Anonymous on Friday, 05 April 2013
In the same county, near Repton, is the cave-pierced
rock called Anchor Church (Plate IX), which from its name
is believed to have sheltered an "anker".It has been
suggested that this was the abode of the hermit mentioned
by John of Tynemouth, who used to visit Modwen, the legend-ary lady of Burton (chapter I.). The tradition of his name
and dwelling-place has been preserved in a fragment of an
early printed book :

"[One] tyme dwelled an holy heremyte, whose name was
[Ha]rdulche in a place named Bredon. He herde tell
[of Modjwen's holy lyuynge and wente oft to her and bare
[bokejs of holy sayntes lyues. On a daye this holy man
[left h]is boke at home, and therfore she made great
[wailing] and sayd, Father why bringest thou not thy
booke
[like a]s thou were wonte to do. Madame he sayde I
[haue] forgoten. That tyme saynt Hardulche had a
celle in
[a cjlyffe a lytell frome trent."
*
Then St. Modwen sent two of her maidens in a boat to his
hermitage to fetch the book. A tempest arose and overturned
the boat, but (needless to relate) they were rescued by the
miraculous intervention of their mistress. Anchor Church is,
it is true, some miles from Breedon-on-the-Hill (where the
church is dedicated to St. Mary and St. Hardulph), but in
those remote times the parish of Breedon, or the lands of its
monastery, may have extended to the Trent. Probably the
original hermitage—if such it was—consisted of
"church"and cell. There are now four chambers in a semicircle, one of
which commands a view of the Trent valley. The river no
longer runs beneath the rock, but a pool indicates its former
course.

from:
THE HERMITS AND ANCHORITES
OF ENGLAND [1913 ]

ROTHA MARY CLAY
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