Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Snekkesmedwe 1423 Acc

• Snekkescroft 1423 Acc

• Snekkesmillemount 1423 Acc

• Snecke 1376 Blomefield

Etymology

Snekkesmedwe, Snekkescroft, Snekkesmillemount 1423 Acc Orm(dial. sneck isrecorded in the North, parts of the East Midlands and East Anglia in senses suchas'a latch or catch of a door' and'a corner, a jutting piece of land in a field, aturn in a hedge' EDD s.v.; here the gen. form suggests it is a pers.n. evidencedin Ormesby, e.g. John and Agnes Snecke 1376 Blomefield XI 234; v. clos, mǣd,obl. mǣdwe, croft, myln, munt)