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.

Mixenden

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Mixenden(e), Myxenden(e) 1274–1324 WCR 1304 1663 Yorke
  • Mixhynden 1284 WCR
  • Myssenden 1545 NCWills
  • Misenden 1639 WillY
  • Mixeden 1585 FF

Etymology

Mixenden, Mixenden (e ), Myxenden (e )1274–1324 WCR (p) (freq ), 1304 YD v, YIet passim to 1663Yorke 15, 4, Mixhynden 1284 WCR (p), Myssenden 1545 NCWills, Misenden 1639 WillY, Mixeden 1585 FF. 'Dunghill valley', v. mixen , denu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement