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.

Smallwood

Major Settlement in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • Smelewde e13 Orm2
  • Smelwood 1209 Tab
  • Smal(e)wode(e) 1252 Ch 1274,1276,1283 Ipm 1275 Cl
  • Smal(e)wode(e) iuxta Astbury 1443 Plea
  • Smal(e)wode(e) in Astburye 1559 Pat
  • Smallwode 1398 ChRR
  • Smallwod 1452 Orm2
  • Smallwood 1558 AddCh 1582
  • Smawode 1460 ChRR

Etymology

'Narrow wood', v. smæl , wudu . Cf. Thurlwood 309supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site