St Pancras

English

Etymology

After Saint Pancras of Rome, whose relics were supposedly housed at the church in this location.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /sənt ˈpæŋkɹəs/
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Proper noun

St Pancras

  1. An area of the borough of Camden, in central London, in which St Pancras railway station is situated (OS grid ref TQ3082).
  2. A former borough, the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras in the County of London, which became part of the London borough of Camden in Greater London in 1965.
    • 1955 December, “Emission of Smoke by Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 812:
      Four summonses were brought recently on behalf of St. Pancras Borough Council against the British Transport Commission in respect of the emission of smoke by locomotives standing at Camden Motive Power Depot. (The summonses were dismissed)
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