SMETHCOTT, a parish in the hundred of CONDOVER,
county of SALOP, 9 miles (S. by W.) from Shrewsbury,
containing 347 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese
of Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's books
at £4. 9-, and in the patronage of Mrs. Lacey. The
church is dedicated to St. Michael.