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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sminhay Ctg

Other OS name in the Parish of Marshwood

Historical Forms

  • Smenhay Farm, Smenhay Mead 1843 TA

Etymology

, ( Hr ) Sminhay Fm , Smenhay Farm , Smenhay Mead 1843TA , v. hay ' enclosure ' , first el . perhaps a reduced form of the ME  surname Smewyne found in 1327,1332 SR though not in this par . , cf. Reaney - Wilson s.n. Smewing .