Little Smeaton, Hambleton

Little Smeaton
Little Smeaton Location within North Yorkshire
Population	50 (2015 NYCC) [1]
Civil parish	Little Smeaton
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Northallerton
Postcode district	DL6
Dialling code	01845
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Richmond and Northallerton
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°25′37″N1°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. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Etymology

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

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.