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Survey of English Place-Names

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St Pancras Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Southover

Historical Forms

  • monasterium S. Pancratii apud Leuuas 1081–5 BM

Etymology

St Pancras Lane (6″) (vulgo Pankridge) preserves the name of the monastery of St Pancras—monasterium S. Pancratii apud Leuuas 1081–5 BM. Cf.Pankehurst al.Pancras al.Penticost bridge (1687Lewes Deeds ). It lay some distance to the east of the lane.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement