Smith family of Selborne, Hampshire - an overview

Surname origin
 'Smith, blacksmith, farrier' William le Smyth
1275 Assize Rolls Somerset.
'Worker at the smithy' Robert atte Smyth
1332 Subsidy Roll Sussex.
A Dictionary of English Surnames by P H Reaney. OUP revised third edition 1997. 019860092-5.

Last updated 19th December 2010
© Peter Cox 2002