Persene in the Domesday Book (1086)

Persene appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Sneculfcros in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Sneculfcros

• Aike
• Beswick
• Beverley
• Bracken
• Dunnington
• Etton
• Gardham
• Grimston
• Holme [on the Wolds]
• Ianulfestorp
• Kilnwick
• Leconfield
• Lockington
• Middleton [on the Wolds]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Persene is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Persene.

Listed Buildings Near Persene

Historic England records 4 listed buildings within about a mile of Persene. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Church of St Leonard - 0.15 km

Grade II

• Scorborough Hall - 0.23 km
• Bridge Over Moat at Scorborough Hall - 0.29 km
• White House Farm - 0.29 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Persene

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 3 lie within roughly a mile of Persene:

• Moated site 310m north east of Scorborough church - 0.25 km
• Square barrow cemetery, moated site, fishponds and medieval settlement remains at Scorborough - 0.3 km
• Moated site 550m south east of Scorborough Hall - 0.71 km

Persene Today

Today Persene lies within the administrative area of Leconfield.

Read more about modern Scorborough on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• Scorborough - 0.0 km N
• Leconfield - 2.0 km S
• Neuson - 2.0 km S
• Lockington - 2.8 km NW
• Aike - 3.0 km E
• Beswick - 3.0 km N