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.

Smockington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wolvey

Historical Forms

  • Smockinton 1667 HT

Etymology

Smockington is Smockinton 1667HT . The hamlet lies on both sides of Watling Street and the Leicestershire Domesday speaks of it as Snochantone . Until further forms are noted it would be unwise to attempt to interpret it.

Places in the same Parish