WATH-upon-DEARN, a parish in the northern division of the wapentake of STRAFFORTH-and-TICKHILL West riding of the county of YORK, comprising the chapelries of Nether Hoyland, Swinton, and Wentworth and the townships of Brompton-Bierlow and Wath upon Dearn, and containing 5812 inhabitants, of which number, 1001 are in the township of Wath upon Dearn 5 miles (N.) from Rotherham. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £15. 10. 2., and in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. The church is dedicated to All Saints. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The Rev. Thomas Womb well, in 1663, gave £30 towards the erection of a school-house, which is endowed with £4. 13. 4. per annum, the amount of two rent-charges, bequeathed by Anthony Sawdrie,in 1648, and John Skyers, in 1668, for which seven children are instructed. There are extensive potteries, furnaces, and collieries in the parish. The Roman Iknield-street passed through it.