Wawne Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Wawne is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Melsa and Meaux.

Alternative names: Waghen, Wawn

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Methodist New Connexion.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WAGHEN, or Wawn, a township and a parish in Beverley district, E. R. Yorkshire.

The township lies 4¼ miles SE of Beverley r. station; contains a village of its own name; and has a post-office under Beverley. Acres, 3,695. Real property, £5,591. Pop., 322. Houses, 46.

The parish contains also Meaux township, and comprises 5,085 acres. Pop., 408. Houses, 60. The property is subdivided.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £300. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is good. Charities, £15.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Wawne – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Monumental inscriptions in Yorkshire
Author:    Gardner, David Ensign, 1915-2007

Monumental inscriptions, St. Peters, Wawne, Yorkshire, England, about 1700-1950

Wawne M. I.s
Author:    East Yorkshire Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Wawne – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Wawne, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Wawne – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Wawne, 1598-1870
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wawne (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Wawne, parish registers, 1653-1984
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wawne (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Wawne – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Wawne, Yorks., Eng

Wawne register of marriages, 1754-1811 (reference pe 146/8) index
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wawne (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Wawne – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Meaux, 1782-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Wawne, 1782-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Beverley
  • Probate Court:    Court of the Peculiar of the Chancellor of York with the Prebendal Jurisdiction of Laughton en le Morthen
  • Diocese:    York
  • Rural Deanery:    North Holderness
  • Poor Law Union:    Beverly
  • Hundred:    Holderness
  • Province:    York