Little Smeaton, Selby
Introduction '''Little Smeaton''' is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 283.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.
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.
References
External links * Little Smeaton Parish Council* The Smeaton Villages website* Little Smeaton in the Domesday Book