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Andy Kirkham · November 17th 04, 01:22 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway,uk.transport

(Kapitan Klink) wrote in message . com...
(Alex Terrell) wrote in message . com...
Considerable debate took place over whether to change the station's
name because the fourth-century saint sparked little recognition among
the French and Belgians but St Pancras was a widely known name in
Britain.

Maybe Brits think that because in France they spell his name
'Pancrace' - there is a district of Nice called St-Pancrace that I
know personally, and a quick Google reveals places or districts named
after him in the Dordogne (near Brantôme), Rouen, the Alps, Provence,
in fact there are dozens all over France - more than in England! I
would not exactly call that "little recogised".

The only reason people in Britain know the name St. Pancras is because
there is a London terminus of that name. Only the most dedicated
hagiologists will have any clue about the saint himself.

Andy Kirkham
Glasgow