Editing Lancing, West Sussex (section)

==Etymology==
Lancing probably means ''the people of Wlanc'' or ''people of Hlanc''. Like many places throughout this part of Sussex, Lancing has an ''-ing'' ending, meaning ''people of''. ''Wlanc'' seems to mean proud or imperious, while ''Hlanc'' seems to mean lank or lean.<ref>{{cite web |author=Andy Horton |url= http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Shoreh10.htm |title=Shoreham: Toponymy |publisher=Glaucus.org.uk |date=11 January 1998 |access-date=18 October 2010 |archive-date=11 October 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101011170642/http://glaucus.org.uk/Shoreh10.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The suggestion<ref>{{cite web |author=Andy Horton |url= http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Lancing.htm |title=Lancing, West Sussex, England |publisher=Glaucus.org.uk |access-date=18 October 2010 |archive-date=11 October 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101011153646/http://glaucus.org.uk/Lancing.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> that Lancing takes its name from the Wlencing or Wlenca, the son of the [[South Saxon]] king [[Ælle of Sussex|Ælle]], has been discounted.<ref name="british-history.ac.uk">{{cite web |url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18216 |title=Lancing &#124; British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |access-date=18 October 2010 |archive-date=14 May 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110514002054/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18216 |url-status=live }}</ref>