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Survey of English Place-Names

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Smitten Corner

Other OS name in the Parish of Winterborne Steepleton

Etymology

, at a high point on the par . bdy with Portisham where several tracks meet , no doubt to be associated with the TA f. ns . Hr Smedden & Lr Smedden , Smedden in Portisham par . supra , so probably ' smooth down ' from smēðe 1 and dūn .