wath

plural waths

1. EnglanddialectalhistoricalA ford.

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   The Romans had a bridge across the Eden near where the Caldew falls into the larger stream; had that bridge been in existence when this road or track was first made, its makers would have gone to the Roman bridge, and not to the deep and dangerous wath at Etterby. This ancient road and the ford at "Willie-of-the-Boats" were not superseded until[…]1816.

   1885, R. S. Ferguson, C. F. Keary, “The Beaumont Hoard, with some remarks on a pre-Roman road near Carlisle”, in Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, volume 8, published 1886, page 375

2. obsoleteA fordable stream.

1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Wath upon Dearne: a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4300).
2. A hamlet in Ravenstonedale parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6805).
3. A village and civil parish (served by Wath and Norton Conyers Parish Council) north of Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough, also known as Wath-by-Rippon (OS grid ref SE3277).
4. A hamlet, also known as Wath-in-Nidderdale, in Fountains Earth parish and High and Low Bishopside parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE1467).
5. A hamlet in Hovingham parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE6775).