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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18548, 23 August 1928, Page 10

In the old churchyard o{ AUhallows Staining is the Norman crypt of the Hermitage of St. James in the Wall. dat. ing from the 12th century. The hermitage was originally built in an angle of the City wall, neat Cripplegate, and it began as an ordinary “ankerhold,” accommodating a single anchorite or her. mit Tn time it was enlarged, and the. number of its occupants increased until it became the most, important religious establishment of its kind in medieval London. Following several restorations, the hermitage chapel was finally demolished in 18/4: but the main portion of the crypt with its Norman arches and zigzag moulding, was preserved, and re-erected by the C.othworkers’ Company in its present position.