SMEATON (Great), a township in Northallerton district, and a parish partly also in Darlington district, but all in N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies near the river Tees, 2¼ miles ENE of Cowton r. station, and 7 N by W of Northallerton. Acres, 3,315. Real property, £2,588. Pop., 208. Houses, 49. The parish contains also the chapelry of Appleton-upon-Wiske, which has a post-office under Northallerton, the township of Hornby, and part of the t. of Croft; and comprises 1,192 acres. Pop., 927. Houses, 221. The property is divided among a few. The surface commands fine views. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Ripon, united with Appleton-upon-Wiske, in the diocese of York. Value, £700.* Patron, the Rev. S. Tenison Mosse. The church is ancient. There is a national school.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))