Little Smeaton is a hamlet and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England.

Little Smeaton
Little Smeaton Location within North Yorkshire
Population	45 [1]
Civil parish	Little Smeaton
District	Hambleton
Shire 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	Vale of York
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54.426899°N 1.46163°W / 54.426899; -1.46163

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]

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