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Two-story brick building with twin chimneys beside a road with a directional sign and wooden fencing in a rural landscape.

The Four Horseshoes pub, Throckenholt Parson Drove c1930

Throckenholt, Parson Drove

History of Hermitage

This is the traditional site of the burial of local saint, St Godric, who lived here until his death. It was claimed there had been a hermitage on the site from as early as 1107 and a stone chapel survived at least until c.1540.  No trace remains now.

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