Little Smeaton, Hambleton

Hamlet in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Little Smeaton

Unitary authority

North Yorkshire

Ceremonial county

North Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

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54°25′37″N 1°27′42″W / 54.426899°N 1.46163°W / 54.426899; -1.46163

Little Smeaton is a hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

Etymology

The name of Little Smeaton is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Smidetun, Smidetune, and Smitune. The first attestation of the 'little' element is found two years later in the phrase 'in litle Smithetun' in the Durham Liber Vitae; this element distinguishes Little Smeaton from the neighbouring Great Smeaton. The name comes from the Old English words smiþ ('craftsman, smith') in its genitive plural form smiþa and tūn ('estate, village'). Thus the name once meant 'smiths' estate'.^[2]

References

^ "2015 Population Estimates: Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
^ A. H. Smith, The Place-Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire, English Place-Name Society, 5 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1928), p. 211.