[6] The village is noted in the Domesday Book[7] where it was in the ownership of Count Alan, having previously been owned by Archil and Rothschil in 1066.

These disputes culminated in a Papal Court which decided that the two warring parties would submit a champion each in a duel.

The abbot of Mont St Michel feared for his life, and that of his champion, and so renounced all claims on the village.

[9] Wath was historically a large ancient parish in the North Riding of Yorkshire, which also included the townships of Melmerby, Middleton Quernhow and Norton Conyers.

[11] Media related to Wath juxta Ripon at Wikimedia Commons