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.

Smerrill Grange

Early-attested site in the Parish of Middleton and Smerrill

Historical Forms

  • Smereshill' 1211–3 CartAnt
  • Smer(e)hull, Smer(e)hill(e) 1269 Ass 1272,1293,1300 BelCh 1476 et passim
  • Smerellgraunge 1481 ShefMD
  • Smerrell Grange otherwise Smeryhull Grange 1597 Lanc

Etymology

'Hill with good pasturage', v. smeoru , hyll . For the later addition of Grange , v. grange .