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.

Smithy Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Over & Whitegate

Historical Forms

  • Beauty Bank 1842 OS

Etymology

, Beauty Bank 1842 OS , cf. a smithy called Smythehous 1395 Orm2 , v. smiððe , hūs . Beauty is probably booty from botye ' shared profits ' , cf. bōt .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site