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Little Smeaton, Hambleton

Coordinates: 54°25′37″N 1°27′42″W / 54.426899°N 1.46163°W / 54.426899; -1.46163
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Little Smeaton
Little Smeaton is located in North Yorkshire
Little Smeaton
Little Smeaton
Location within North Yorkshire
Population50 (2015 NYCC)[1]
Civil parish
  • Little Smeaton
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNorthallerton
Postcode districtDL6
Dialling code01845
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
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England
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54°25′37″N 1°27′42″W / 54.426899°N 1.46163°W / 54.426899; -1.46163

Little Smeaton is a hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

Etymology

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The name of Little Smeaton is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Smidetun, Smidetune, and Smitune. The first attestation of the 'little' element is found two years later in the phrase 'in litle Smithetun' in the Durham Liber Vitae; this element distinguishes Little Smeaton from the neighbouring Great Smeaton. The name comes from the Old English words smiþ ('craftsman, smith') in its genitive plural form smiþa and tūn ('estate, village'). Thus the name once meant 'smiths' estate'.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "2015 Population Estimates: Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  2. ^ A. H. Smith, The Place-Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire, English Place-Name Society, 5 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1928), p. 211.
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