wath

Definitions

1. A ford.
   England, dialectal, historical
2. Ellipsis of Wath upon Dearne: a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4300).
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
3. A fordable stream.
   obsolete
4. 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).
5. 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).
6. A hamlet in Hovingham parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE6775).

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Examples

“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 This ancient road and the ford at "Willie-of-the-Boats" were not superseded until[…]1816.”

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