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.

Smoky Hole Cmn

Field in the Parish of Dorchester St Peter & All Saints

Historical Forms

  • 1841 TA

Etymology

Smoky Hole Cmn(perhaps ModE  smokyin the sense'smoke-coloured, dark', butcf. prec.)