There is little to support that view, but it is notable that to the south of the church was a site called The Brill, believed at the time to have been a Roman Camp.

The ancient parish of St Pancras (also known as Pancrace or Pancridge[1]) was established in the medieval period to serve five manors: two manors named St Pancras (one prebendial, one lay), Cantlowes (Kentish Town), Tottenham Court and Rugmere (Chalk Farm).

In the mid-19th century two major railway stations were built to the south of the Old Church, first King's Cross and later St Pancras.

[5] The Home Office monitored Mayor John Lawrence, and as of 2016, still refuses Freedom of Information requests related to him on the grounds of protecting national security.

There was strong opposition to the 1957 Rent Act, which led to a series of decisions that caused serious financial difficulty.

[9] From 1859 to 1955, the St Pancras produced dedicated military units for the British Army, initially infantry battalions and later anti-aircraft and searchlight regiments.

A high proportion of the recruits were drawn from working-class districts of St Pancras, such as Camden Town.

[11] During World War I these three front line battalions were deployed: St Pancras was originally an Ancient Parish that ran from a point a little north of Oxford Street, extending north to include part of Highgate, and from today’s Regent's Park in the west to the road now called York Way in the east.

[14] The tree which gave the Gospel Oak district its name, formed part of the boundary with neighbouring Hampstead.

There are no motorways in St Pancras, and few stretches of dual carriageway road, but the district has great strategic transport significance to London, due to the presence of three of the capital's most important rail termini; Euston, St Pancras and King's Cross, which are lined up along the Euston Road.

[17] These were all closed under the Extramural Interment Act in 1854; the parish was required to purchase land some distance away, beyond its borders, and chose East Finchley for its new St Pancras Cemetery.

[18] The disused graveyard at St Pancras Old Church was left alone for over thirty years until the building of the Midland Railway required the removal of many of the graves.

[19] The cemetery was disturbed again in 2002–03 by the construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link but much more care was given to the removal of remains than in the 19th century.

Old St Pancras Church and its graveyard have links to Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, and the Wollstonecraft circle.