Museums · Yorkshire & the Humber
Wrawby
Wrawby — a museum in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Wrawby is a museum in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom, listed in the Wikipedia register of British heritage and tourism sites. See the linked Wikipedia article for full details.
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Place summary
Wrawby is a museum located in Yorkshire. It showcases local history and culture, offering insights into the area's heritage.
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Background
History
The village is shown as "Waregebi" in the Domesday Book, a name thought to derive from Old Danish, meaning "Wraghi's farmstead". Alternatively it may derive from the Norse warg, which means wolf, or be related to an old Swedish dialect word "vrage", meaning "mooring post". Domesday Book records that the village consisted of a church with a priest and farmland, meadow land and woodland. The oldest surviving building is the Church of St Mary, which is probably Anglo-Saxon in origin. The current structure has a 13th-century tower and pillars. The font is 14th-century with a carved Jacobean cover. The advowson of the church was donated to Clare Hall, Cambridge by Elizabeth de Burgo in 1348.…
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- Coordinates
- 53.5642, -0.4617
- District
- North Lincolnshire
- Parish
- Wrawby
- Postcode
- DN20 8TG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Brigg and Immingham
Sources
- wikipedia: Wrawby (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Wrawby?
- Wrawby is in Yorkshire & the Humber, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.5642°, -0.4617°.
- Is Wrawby wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at Wrawby. Check ahead for specific facilities.