Description
Ecclesiastical parish. Formerly a chapelry to St Buryan and in the Deanery of St Buryan but now in the Deanery of Penwith.
Hundred of Penwith. Sennen civil parish.
Grid reference: SW 35 25
Chronological Sequence
Senan, 1469-70; Senen, 1580; Zennyn, c.1602; Sening, 1613; Zennen, 1673, 1679; Zennyne, c.1680; Sennen, 1698, 1705; Senan, 1743; Sennen, 1744, 1761, 1794, 1884
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Senan : 1469-70, 1743
Senen : 1580
Zennyn : c.1602
Sening : 1613
Zennen : 1673, 1679
Zennyne : c.1680
Sennen : 1698, 1705, 1744, 1761, 1794, 1884
References
Senan
CRO, AR/2/99, 1469-70
Senen
CRO, X50/5, c.1760, citing from 1580 (*)
Zennyn
Given in the will of Robert Wallis of St Ewste.
CRO, AP/W/11/2, c.1602 (*)
Sening
CRO, ARD/TER/49, 1613 (*)
Zennen
RIC, HendCal 8, c.1920s, §1599, citing from HB/5/173, 1673 (*)
CRO, GB/15/2, 1679 (*)
Zennyne
CRO, CN/1665/2, c.1680 (*)
Sennen
CRO, DSB/447/1, 1698 (*)
CRO, P179/2/1/4, 1705 (*)
Senan
Cowley, 1743, map
Sennen
CRO, DSB/447/1, 1744 (*)
CRO, AR/15/152-153, 1761 (*)
CRO, DSB/447/1, 1794 (*)
2230 acres.
Symons, 1884
Erroneous References
Sennen
Pool, 1959, p193, citing from CRO, X50/5, c.1760, citing from 1580
Place Names in the Parish of Sennen
Manors in the Parish of Sennen
Gallery
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