Pancrasweek
Major Settlement in the Parish of Pancrasweek
Historical Forms
- Pancradeswike 1197 FF
- Pancrastwik 1234 Fees399
- Pankardeswik' 1242 Fees791
- Wykepranhard 1285 FA
- Prankardiswyk 1303 FA
- Prangardeswik al. Prankardiswyk 1316 Ipm
- Prankerdeswyk 1374 FF
- Wyke Sci Pancratii 13th Torre 1291,1340 FF
- Capella de Wike 1291 Tax
- Wyk Sancti Pancracii 1346 FA
- Weeke St. Prancars 1570 Deed
Etymology
v. wic . The church is dedicated to St Pancras (Pancratius).Cf. Germansweek infra 183 and Week St Mary (Co). The early forms offer difficulties. They can be explained in two ways.Either there was a popular form Pancart for Pancratius , which under the influence of English names in -hard was changed to Pank (h )ard and with further insertion of a second r to Prank - (h )ard , or the association of the parish name with the dedication of the parish church is a piece of folk-etymology, and the real name of the village was derived from some late settler bearing the name Pancoard (Förstemann PN 243), of Continental Germanic origin.