MEUX, a township in the parish of WAGHEN, or
WAWN, middle division of the wapentake of HOLDERNESS,
East riding of the county of YORK, 5 miles (E.)
from Beverley, containing 74 inhabitants. A Cistercian
abbey was founded here, in 1150, by William le Gros,
Earl of Albemarle, and dedicated to the Virgin; the
establishment consisted of fifty monks, whose revenue,
at the dissolution, amounted to £445. 10. 5.