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.

Smithies

Other OS name in the Parish of Royston

Historical Forms

  • Smythies, two Iron Mylnes or Smythies standinge vpon the water of Dearne 1588 Dep
  • Bretton Smithies 1590 WillY
  • Burton Smithies 1728 YDr

Etymology

, Smythies , two Iron Mylnes or Smythies standinge vpon the water of Dearne 1588Dep , Bretton Smithies 1590 WillY, Burton Smithies 1728 YDr , cf. also Smithy Hill 1817 M , Smithies -Mill 1822 Langd , v. smiððe .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site