English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Wawne Ferry

Early-attested site in the Parish of Beverley

Historical Forms

  • passagium de Wawne 1153 Meaux
  • Waghna cum passagio fluvii de Hullo 1150–60 Melsa
  • Waghenfery c.1362 Works
  • Waunfery 1435,1437 HMC(Bev)

Etymology

Wawne Ferry is passagium de Wawne 1153Meaux , Waghna cum passagio fluvii de Hullo 1150–60 Melsa, Waghenfery c. 1362 Works, Waunfery 1435, 1437 HMC(Bev). v. Wawne supra 44 (on the other side of the river Hull) and ferja .