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Survey of English Place-Names

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Smearbeck Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Arncliffe

Historical Forms

  • Smearbeckes 1837 Lord

Etymology

, Smearbeckes 1837Lord , v. smeoru ' fat ' , smjǫr ' butter ' ( used in allusion to rich pasture ) , bekkr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site