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.

Smeeton Westerby

Parish in the County of Leicestershire

Etymology

Originally two separate settlements, Smeeton of Anglo-Saxon origin and the later Westerby presumably an offshoot of Smeeton.

Major Settlements