English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Smethwick Green, Smethwick Hall & Smethwick Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brereton

Historical Forms

  • Smethewik(e) 1312 ChRR 1313 Dav
  • Smethewyk 1331 Plea
  • Smetheweke 1432 ChRR
  • Smethwike 1371 MidCh
  • Smethwick Green & Smethwick Hall 1831 Bry
  • Smythwike 1530 ChRR

Etymology

'The smiths' hamlet', v. smið (gen.pl. smeoða ), wīc , grēne 2 . Cf. Spark Lane infra .