WAGHEN, or WAWN, a parish partly within the
liberty of ST-PETER-of-YORK, but chiefly in the middle
division of the wapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding
£f the county of YORK, comprising the townships of
Meux and Waghen, and containing 325 inhabitants, of
which number, 251 are in the township of Waghen, 5
miles (S. E. by E.) from Beverley. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage
of the Chancellor of the Cathedral Church of York,
rated in the king's books at £7. 0. 10., and endowed
with £200 royal bounty. The church, dedicated to St.
Peter, is partly in the decorated style, with a tower of
later date: there are three stalls in the chancel.