[11] Before the Norman Conquest (TRE) Ealdraed held Wetwang, and it was worth £4 per year in rent.

[13] Earlier in the Domesday Book, there is a fuller description (Folio 302V: Yorkshire) within the listing of the land of the Archbishop of York:In Wetwang there are 13+1⁄2 carucates to the geld, and there could be 7 ploughs.

This manor is 2 leagues long and 1+1⁄2 broad A carucate is the area of land a man with 8 oxen can plough in a season, sometimes cited as around 120 acres (49 ha).

[18] The village is now served by an infrequent East Yorkshire Motor Services bus.

[19] Richard Whiteley of the Channel 4 quiz show Countdown held the honorary title Mayor of Wetwang from 1998 until his death in 2005.

[20] On 25 June 2006, local weather forecaster Paul Hudson from BBC Look North was invested as Whiteley's successor.