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

Other OS name in the Parish of Okeford Fitzpaine

Historical Forms

  • (cotagium voc') Le Smithyes Forge 1584 Hen2

Etymology

, (cotagium voc ') Le Smithyes Forge 1584Hen 2 , cf. incl 'm voc ' Smithes 1584ib , v. smiððe , forge .