Little Smeaton, Selby

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. From 1974 to 2023, it was part of the district of Selby; it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Etymology

The name Smeaton is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, in the form Smedetone. This derives from Old English words smiþ and tūn, 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.