English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Skerne

Major Settlement in the Parish of Skerne

Historical Forms

  • Schirne 1086 DB
  • Schyrne 1246 FF
  • Schirn 1205 ChR
  • Schyren 1304 Ipm
  • Skirn(a), Skirne, Skyrne c.1200,1204 Meaux 1222 FF 1349 Meaux
  • Skiren(a), Skyren(a) 1197–1210 Melsa early13th Meaux 1259 Ass c.1400 Melsa
  • Sciren(a) 1280 Ebor
  • Skirin, Skyrin 13th Percy 1246 Ass 1294 YI 1390 Meaux
  • Sckirin 1304 YI
  • Skiron' 1293 QW
  • Skeren 1409 ADii
  • Skern(e) 1531 Test 1545 FF
  • Skyerne 1423 YD

Etymology

v. Skerne Beck supra 11.

Places in the same Parish