Link to the Show / Show NotesIn mediaeval times, there were over two hundred anchorites in East Anglia. However, sadly, very few of the cells or anchorholds have survived.In King's Lynn, the small medieval, cruciform, church of All Saints'has the remains of a south facing anchorhold, which is complete.The little cell is simply furnished, with a table, laid with a pewter plate and a glass and a pottery jug, to represent Anchoress, an altar, a few benches, and the floor is strewn with herbs and rushes, as in medieval times.
The feeling inside the room could perhaps be described as prayerful and, considering the three hundred flats which surround the church, incredibly peaceful.
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