Skerne appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Driffield in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Driffield

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Skerne 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 Skerne.

Listed Buildings Near Skerne

Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of Skerne. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

Church of St Leonard - 0.36 km

Skerne Today

Today Skerne lies within the administrative area of Skerne and Wansford.

Read more about modern Skerne on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Hutton Cranswick - 2.8 km SW
Great Driffield - 2.8 km NW
Old Sunderlandwick - 3.2 km W
Kelleythorpe - 3.2 km W
Nafferton - 3.2 km N
Brigham - 3.6 km SE

Heritage Around Skerne

Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.

Beverley Road, Driffield, crosses Hallimanwath Bridge (2009)
© Peter Church · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Driffield Church tower from the Driffield Navigation (2005)
© John Phillips · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

River Hull from Hallimanwath Bridge (2009)
© Peter Church · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.

Skerne in the Domesday Book (1086)