I'm confused, North and South seem the wrong way. Surely the still active part is the South side?
I'm sure I read years ago that it was briefly called Hogsnorton but I've no idea where and I don't think I've ever heard it since. To me it conjures up an image of a large pig on a motorbike...
Panshanger was also sort of "historic" as the brief home of W4050, the prototype Mosquito. When Bill Baird was hiding the Mossie in various places to avoid burning it like he'd been instructed to, it spent some time in bits in the blister hangar by the old refuelling area.