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.

Smytham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Little Torrington

Historical Forms

  • Esmitteham 1086 DB
  • Smitham 1228 Bracton
  • Smetham 1229 FF
  • Smetheham 1238 Ass
  • Smitheham 1256 FF 1289 Ass

Etymology

Probably'smiths' ham(m).' smeðe, 'smooth' is inapplicable.

Places in the same Parish