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Survey of English Place-Names

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Smithfield Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Wootton Fitzpaine

Historical Forms

  • (Hr) Smithfield (Copse) 1842 TA

Etymology

, (Hr )Smithfield (Copse )1842TA , 2 claus ' voc ' Smithefieldes 1577 , perhaps smēðe ' level ' , feld .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement