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.
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.
See also
References
- ^ Official English Heritage website
- ^ Todd, John M. (2005). “British (Cumbric) Place-Names in the Barony of Gilsland, Cumbria” (PDF). p. 93. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
- ^ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), “Lanercost Priory”, The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-16855-7
- ^ Lanercost Priory
External links
- Cumbria County History Trust: Burtholme (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Media related to Lanercost at Wikimedia Commons