 According to the 2011 UK census the civil parish of Watton had a population of 259, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 238.In the 6th century Watton was home to a Frankish saint, Monegunda of Watton and in the 13th century to William de Malton, master-mason who built Beverley Minster was buried here.The Venerable Bede in his "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" tells of a miracle of Saint John of Beverley that took place in Watton.