Meaux
| Meaux | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 Site of Meaux Abbey | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA097395 |
| Location: | 53°50’26"N, 0°20’0"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Beverley |
| Postcode: | HU17 |
| Dialling code: | 01482 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beverley and Holderness |
Meaux (pronounced 'mewss') is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is about six and a half miles north of Kingston upon Hull city centre and three and a half miles east of Beverley.
Meaux Abbey was a Cistercian Abbey near Meaux.
According to A Dictionary of British Place Names the name 'Meaux' is not French as it appears, but is derived from Old Norse Mel-sǽr, meaning "Sandbank-pool".[1]
In 1823 iit was written that William the Conqueror gave the lordship of Meaux to Gamel, who was born at Meaux in 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 the King. 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 villeins, 5 smallholders, 6 freemen, and 4 men-at-arms. There were 53 ploughlands, woodland, and 274 acres of meadow.[2][3]
In 1823 Meaux was in the parish of Waghen (alternatively 'Wawn'), in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. It was stated that a Cistercian monastery, 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 and yeomen.[3]
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References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ Meaux in the Domesday Book
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); pages 368, 369
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 8.
