More information : [TR 15575774] St Pancras' Church [GT] (Remains of) [NAT]. (1) St Pancras Church, Canterbury, was excavated in 1900 by Hope who found an early structure built largely of Roman brick and consisting of a nave and an eastern apse which was replaced in the 14thc by a square chancel.
Wm Thorne, a late 14thc chronicler, dated the first structure to 597 and the excavation tends to confirm this. (2-3) (See plan GP/F/54/83/3/(3) Scheduled. (4) St Pancras Church, as described and in good condition, is in the care of the MOW. (5) Additional bibliography. (6-13) Additional bibliography - not consulted. (14) St Pancras: A 7th century church, apparently never parochial, with 14th century rebuilt and enlarged chancel. (15) Nave, west porch and south porticus of 7th century church in Roman brick. Much of west porch north wall extant. Otherwise low walls remain. North porticus missing. Chancel rebuilt with rectangular plan 14thc, with greater remains, especially east wall. Traces of original eastern apse. Originally part of St Augustine's Abbey. (16) Additional references. (17-25)
Description of the late 7th or early 8th century column base located in situ at the south end of the triple arcade separating the nave from the chancel. (26)
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