English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Mytholme Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Mithom, Mythom 1369 FGr 1593 WillY 1621 FGr
  • Mitholm(e), Mytholm(e) 1531 HAS 1557 Lister 1771 M
  • Mytham 1575 PRHfx
  • Mythũ 1576 ib

Etymology

Mytholme Bridge, Mithom , Mythom 1369FGr 3, 1593 WillY, 1621FGr 4, Mitholm (e ), Mytholm (e )1531 HAS 9, 215, 1557Lister , 1771 M, Mytham 1575 PRHfx, Mythũ 1576 ib. '(At) the river-mouths', v. (ge)mȳðe, -um , a p.n. which occurs several times in YW. It is at the confluence of Red Beck (or Shibden Brook) and Jum Hole Beck.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name