Meaux, East Riding of Yorkshire

Hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Wawne

Unitary authority

East Riding of Yorkshire

Ceremonial county

East Riding of Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBEVERLEYPostcode districtHU17Dialling code01482PoliceHumbersideFire Humberside AmbulanceYorkshire UK Parliament

Beverley and Holderness

List of places: UK; England; Yorkshire

53°50′26″N 0°20′00″W / 53.840656°N 0.333367°W / 53.840656; -0.333367

Meaux (pronounced /mjus/ "mewss"^[1]) is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wawne, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is about 6+1⁄2 miles (10 km) north of Hull city centre and 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) east of Beverley. In 1931 the parish had a population of 73.^[2]

Meaux Abbey was a Cistercian Abbey near Meaux.

According to A Dictionary of British Place Names the name 'Meaux' is derived from Old Norse Mel-sǽr, meaning "Sandbank-pool".^[3]

Baines' History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York states that William the Conqueror gave the Meaux lordship to Gamel, who was born at Meaux in what is modern day France, a name he gave to the Holderness settlement which he populated with his own people. However, the Domesday Book records that in 1066 Ulf Fenman held the lordship, this transferring in 1086 to Drogo de la Beuvrière, who was also Tenant-in-chief to William I. Meaux is recorded in the Domesday Book as "Melse". At the time of the survey the settlement was in the Middle Hundred of Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Meaux contained 29 villagers, 5 smallholders, 6 freemen, and 4 men-at-arms. There were 53 ploughlands, woodland, and 274 acres (111 hectares) of meadow.^[4]^[5]

In 1823 Meaux was in the parish of Waghen (alternatively 'Wawn'), in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. Baines states that the Cistercian Meaux Abbey was established in 1136, and that only remains of a brick mosaic pavement had been found within "extensive" moats or ditches. Meaux population at the time was 74, with occupations including five farmers & yeomen.^[5]

Meaux was formerly a township in the parish of Wawn,^[6] from 1866 Meaux was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Wawne.^[7]

Mewes (also Mewis) is a fairly common family name in the North-East, and believed to be used by descendants of those who came to Yorkshire as soldiers commanded by Gamel.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Miller, G. M. (1990). BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (2nd paperback ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 168.
^ "Population statistics Meaux Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
^ Mills, Anthony David (2011) [2003]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (Revised ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 322. ISBN 019960908X.
^ Meaux in the Domesday Book
^ ^a ^b Baines, Edward (1823). History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. pp. 368, 369.
^ "History of Meaux, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Meaux Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 August 2023.