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Recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] (1086) as ''Smedeuuich'', the name is most likely from Old English for "smooth land village", with it previously being interpreted as meaning "(black)smith's village".
Recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] (1086) as ''Smedeuuich'', the name is most likely from Old English for "smooth land village", with it previously being interpreted as meaning "(black)smith's village".
==Geography==
A former bakery in the Bearwood area of Smethwick marks the site of a shire oak, where Staffordshire traditionally borders [[Shropshire#detatched|Shropshire detatched]] to the north-west and a detached part of [[Worcestershire]] to the south-west. The site is located at the junction between Three Shires Oak Road and Thimblemill Road.<ref>[https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/homes-and-property/chance-buy-site-three-shires-9681951 Chance to buy the site where Three Shires Oak once stood]</ref>
[[Category:Settlements in Staffordshire]]
[[Category:Settlements in Staffordshire]]