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.

Smithacott

Other OS name in the Parish of Frithelstock

Historical Forms

  • Smythenecote 1328 Exon 1333 SR

Etymology

is Smythenecote 1328 Exon (p), 1333SR (p) . ' Smiths' cot(e) , ' with a weak genitive plural in -ene .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement