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Sneinton Hermitage, Sneinton, Nottingham, c 1895

Courtesy of Nottingham and Notts Photographic Society

Sneinton Hermitage
Nottingham, Sneinton
England

The houses shown here were demolished by 1904 to make way for the Great Northern Railway. The Hermitage is a long range of perpendicular rock, overlooking the vale of the Trent. The caves which are found here as well as all over Nottingham are one of the most difficult and intricate problems of local archaeology. Some of them are natural; others are artificial, but date back to prehistoric times, others again are mediaeval or even modern cellars. They have always been famous, and Asser, the friend and biographer of King Alfred, writing about 900, tells us that the ancient name for Nottingham was Tiuogobauc, which he translates as meaning ' the cave dwellings.' The caves at Sneinton are given the name 'Hermitage' which suggests the home of either a 'Dark Age' or Medieval religious recluse.

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