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.

Smaithwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Lamplugh

Historical Forms

  • Smathat 1586 ib
  • Smaithait 1596 ib

Etymology

[ smiaθwæ · t ] is Smathat 1586 ib., Smaithait 1596 ib . ' Small clearing , ' v. ON  smá(r) and þveit .