Lanercost

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Lanercost
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Lanercost
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Lanercost
Location in the former City of Carlisle district, Cumbria
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Lanercost
Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference NY533638
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRAMPTON
Postcode district CA8
Dialling code 016977
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54°57′58″N2°41′53″W / 54.966°N 2.698°W / 54.966; -2.698

Lanercost is a village in the northern part of Cumbria, England. The settlement is in the civil parish of Burtholme, in the Cumberland local government district. Lanercost is known for the presence of Lanercost Priory [1] and its proximity to Hadrian's Wall.

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History

The toponym is of Primitive Welsh or Cumbric origin. The first element is a Cumbric form of the Welsh llanerch, "glade or laund". [2] The second element is possibly the personal name Awst (from the Latin Augustus ). [3]

Lanercost Priory was founded in 1165 [4] as an Augustinian house of Canons.

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References

  1. Official English Heritage website
  2. Todd, John M. (2005). "British (Cumbric) Place-Names in the Barony of Gilsland, Cumbria" (PDF). p. 93. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  3. Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Lanercost Priory", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, ISBN   978-0-521-16855-7
  4. Lanercost Priory

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