Smite Hill, Smite Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hindlip
Historical Forms
- æt Smitan 978 KCD618 11th
- Smita Archiđ 1167 P
- Smite 1271 Ipm 1275 SR
Etymology
The first reference is from the grant of a single hide at Smite.In the boundaries that follow we have the phrases to Smitan , of ðære Smitan which suggest that the place took its name from a stream. The same stream-name is found in Wanborough (W) in the Smitan of BCS 477, 479, in Olveston (Gl) in an unidentified Smita pull , BCS 936, in Smite (Wa), DBSmitham , on Smite Brook. There is also a stream of this name in Lei and Nt. In 1167 Godfrey the Archdeacon held half a hide here.