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.

Smith Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Smithhowse 1597 Arm
  • Smyth House 1610 ib

Etymology

, 1817 M , Smithhowse 1597 Arm, Smyth House 1610 ib , named from the local family of Smith who were known here from 1379(PT) till the seventeenth century ( Arm 547, 624 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement