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rural. The isolated yet attractive landscape encouraged many hermits to come here and the area was once known as the 'place of the anchorites'. The River
Derwent played an important part in the history of the village. Several water-powered mills are recorded in the 18th and 19th century. A corn mill stood in Mill Lane and a fulling mill and a stick mill are also known. Several bridges are also known. As well as the surviving bridges there was once a wooden bridge and another footbridge, though both have now disappeared.
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later, when he was on his deathbed, he left all his land and property to him. This would all have been quite unremarkable except for events that occurred before the funeral. The house was full of guests paying their last respects and the body lay in a coffin in the front room. Suddenly the guests smelled burning and on investigation found that it came from the coffin. They opened the lid and found that, as he had sworn, Robert
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The church was restored in 1876 and a vestry was added in 1893 at the north-west end. It stands in the southern corner of the site of the fort. There has been relatively little research on the fort, though it is known that a simple mosaic was found here in the 1950s. Several Roman altars and other
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Ebchester is also the location of a curious ghost story. The tale tells that in the early 18th century a local gentleman, Robert
Johnson, had a row with his son and swore an oath, saying “I hope my right arm will burn off before I give my son a sixpence.” He soon made up with his son and many years
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invaders. Consequently, there are no remains of this date, and the present church was mainly built in the early 11th century, using stone re-used from the Roman fort. The parish church is dedicated to
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