Lanercost is a village in the northern part of
Cumbria
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, England. The settlement is in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
of
Burtholme, in the
Cumberland
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local government district. Lanercost is known for the presence of
Lanercost Priory
Lanercost Priory was founded by Robert de Vaux, Sheriff of Cumberland, Robert de Vaux between 1165 and 1174, the most likely date being 1169, to house Augustinians, Augustinian Canon (priest), canons. The priory is situated in the village of Lan ...
and its proximity to
Hadrian's Wall
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.
History
The toponym is of
Primitive Welsh or
Cumbric
Cumbric is an extinct Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup spoken during the Early Middle Ages in the ''Hen Ogledd'' or "Old North", in Northern England and the southern Scottish Lowlands. It was closely related to Old Welsh and the ot ...
origin. The first element is a Cumbric form of the Welsh ''llanerch'', "glade or laund". The second element is possibly the personal name ''Awst'' (from the Latin ''
Augustus
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'').
Lanercost Priory
Lanercost Priory was founded by Robert de Vaux, Sheriff of Cumberland, Robert de Vaux between 1165 and 1174, the most likely date being 1169, to house Augustinians, Augustinian Canon (priest), canons. The priory is situated in the village of Lan ...
was founded in 1165
Lanercost Priory
/ref> as an Augustinian house of Canons.
See also
* Listed buildings in Burtholme
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Burtholme
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Villages in Cumbria
Cumberland (unitary authority)
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