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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whitesmith

Other OS name in the Parish of Laughton

Historical Forms

  • Wythesmyth t.Hy5–6 Add

Etymology

is Wythesmyth t. Hy 5–6Add . There is a smithy here and we probably have the English form smithe ( v. NEDs. v . ) found side by side with the Scandinavian smithy . Cf. Robert atte Smyth (1327 SR) .