NationMaster - Encyclopedia: St. Pancras

St Pancras was a Roman citizen who converted to Christianity, and was beheaded for his faith at the age of just 14 around the year 304. Some of his relics found their way to England, which is why many of the nation's churches are dedicated to this saint. St Pancras is normally invoked against cramp, false witness, headache, and perjury. He is a patron saint of children.

St Pancras
Administration
Borough:	Camden
County:	Greater London
Region:	Greater London
Nation:	England
Other
Ceremonial County:	Greater London
Traditional County:	Middlesex
Postal County:	London

St Pancras is also the name of a place formerly in the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras and now in the London Borough of Camden.

It is now best known for its mainline railway station which will become the new terminus for the Eurostar services through the Channel Tunnel.

Nearest places:

Bloomsbury
Camden
Clerkenwell
Finsbury
Holborn

Nearest tube station:

King's Cross St. Pancras tube station

Nearest railway stations:

King's Cross station
St Pancras railway station

Categories: UK geography stubs | Middlesex | London Districts | Saints

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Eurostar launches from St Pancras International (299 words)
	St Pancras International, in the heart of London, offers better connections throughout the UK and will be home to a faster Eurostar.
	St Pancras International will have far better connections to London and the UK, with six Underground lines serving St Pancras International and five train operators serving St Pancras, King's Cross and nearby Euston.
	St Pancras International will be a magnificent new central London station – a destination in itself with quality shops, top bars and restaurants.

St Pancras railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2003 words)
	St Pancras station is a railway station in north central London, United Kingdom, between the new British Library building to its west and King's Cross station to the east.
	St Pancras was built in the 19th century, and includes two of the most celebrated structures built in Britain in the Victorian era.
	St Pancras station spires; in the foreground is the trainshed undergoing renovation.

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