WATH, a parish comprising the chapelry of Norton- Conyers, in the wapentake of ALLERTONSHIRE, and the chapelries of Melmerby and Middleton-Quernhow, and the township of Wath, in the wapentake of HALLIKELD, North riding of the county of YORK, and containing 633 inhabitants, of which number, 186 are in the township of Wath, 4 miles (N. by E.) from Ripon. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £17. 17. 1., and in the patronage of the Mar- quis of Ailesbury. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The Rev. Peter Samwaise, in 1690, founded a free school, and endowed it with lands and houses producing about £75 a year, for which forty boys are educated.