Wawne

Other current and historical names

Wawn
Wagene
Waghen
Waghene

Built-Up Area: Wawne
Parish/Community: Wawne
Unitary Authority: East Riding of Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°48'57"N 0°20'33"W
Eastings/Northings: 509208, 436811
OS Grid: TA092368
Mapcode Local: GBR VS19.LS
Mapcode Global: WHGFC.PBZV

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Wawne within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Wawne in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Wawne (or Waghen), par. and township, East-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SE. of Beverley - par., 5440 ac., pop. 400; township, 3983 ac., pop. 299.

Wawne in the Domesday Book

A village in Holderness [Middle Hundred] hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop of York St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Households: 11 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs (1 plough land)

British Place Names

Wawne, East Riding of Yorkshire

Wawne is a village in East Riding of Yorkshire

Wawne in historic gazetteers

Wawne in the Domesday Book