Wawne, Yorkshire Genealogy

Guide to Wawne, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
WAGHEN, or Wawne (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Beverley, Middle division of the wapentake of Holderness, East Riding of York; containing 362 inhabitants, of whom 267 are in the township, 4 miles SE by E from Beverley. This parish, including the hamlet of Meux or Meaux, comprises 5600 acres.

This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1653.

Wawne is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire. Other places in the parish include: Wawne Parish Records begin 1653; Bishops Transcripts in 1598
 * Melsa
 * Meaux

Non-Church of England denominations identified in Wawne include:
 * Independent/Congregational
 * Methodist New Connexion.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church Records
Online data content from chapelry registers of Wawne exists at some of the following websites and for the specified ranges of years:

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Chapelry and comprising the whole ancient parish of Wawne to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the Wawne page.

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Yorkshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain