Little Smeaton, Selby Explained

Official Name:	Little Smeaton
Civil Parish:	Little Smeaton
Country:	England
Region:	Yorkshire and the Humber
Coordinates:	53.644°N -1.206°W
Hide Services:	Yes
Population:	283
Population Ref:	(2011 census)
Static Image:	Main Street, Little Smeaton.jpg
Static Image Caption:	Main Street, Little Smeaton

Little Smeaton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 283.^[1] It is next to Kirk Smeaton, and the River Went flows through it. It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.^[2]

Etymology

The name Smeaton is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, in the form Smedetone. This derives from Old English words smiþ (in its genitive plural form smiþa) and tūn ('farm, estate'), and thus once meant 'smiths' farm'. The little element of the name is first attested in Latin translation in forms like smitheton minori and parva smitheton in 1311, and in English in 1315 as litle smitheton. This element was added to the name to distinguish the settlement from nearby Kirk Smeaton.^[3]

External links

• Little Smeaton Parish Council
• The Smeaton Villages website
• Little Smeaton in the Domesday Book

Notes and References

1. Web site: Parish population 2011. 16 August 2015. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
2. Web site: History of Little Smeaton, in Selby and West Riding . A Vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. 5 July 2020.
3. A. H. Smith, The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire, English Place-Name Society, 30–37, 8 vols (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1961–63), part 2, pp. 52-53.