Wawne

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.816742
longitude= -0.346088
official_name= Wawne
population= 878 (2001 census)
civil_parish= Wawne
unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire
region= Yorkshire and the Humber
lieutenancy_england= East Riding of Yorkshire
constituency_westminster= Beverley and Holderness
post_town= HULL
postcode_district = HU7
postcode_area= HU
dial_code= 01482
os_grid_reference= TA089368

Wawne (also spelled Waghen [G.M. Miller, "BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names", Oxford University Press, 1971.] ) is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England; it is first mentioned (as "Wagene", from an Old English word for 'quaking bog, quagmire') in 1086. [A.D. Mills, "Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names", 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 1998.] It is situated approximately Convert|5.5|mi|km|lk=on north of Hull city centre and Convert|4|mi|km|lk=off south-east of Beverley on the east bank of the River Hull.The civil parish of Wawne consists of the village of Wawne and the hamlet of Meaux. According to the 2001 UK census, Wawne parish had a population of 878.cite web
url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=791062&c=Wawne&d=16&e=15&g=391014&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1211402402504&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779
title = 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Wawne CP (Parish)
accessdate = 2008-05-20
work = Neighbourhood Statistics
publisher = Office for National Statistics]

Wawne was originally the home of Ash Windham, whose manor house was later replaced by housing for guards and other employees of Hull Prison. Historically, it was a crossing place across the River Hull, with the Wawne Ferry, a small barge which transported people and cattle across the river.

Flooding in 2007

The village was hit during the floods in June 2007, mainly in Oak Square, where a blocked drain caused water levels to rise up to thigh deep and about five houses were flooded.

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* [http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=53.8184&lon=-0.3428&scale=500000&icon=x Its location is shown here at multimap.com]