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.

Mytholm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • the Mythome 1615 FGr
  • Mythom, Mithom 1635 Stansf 1653 PRHept 1658 HAS
  • Mytholm 1771 M

Etymology

Mytholm, the Mythome 1615FGr 2, Mythom , Mithom 1635 Stansf, 1653 PRHept, 1658 HAS 19, 40, Mytholm 1771 M. '(At) the river- mouths', v. (ge)mȳðe, -um , a common YW p.n. It refers to the confluence of Colden Water with the R. Calder.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name