Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Tottemerden, Totmardene 1246 La

• Todmereden 1298 WCR 1521 HfxWill

• Todemerden 1627 PRThl

• Todmarden c.1300 Whalley

• Todmanden 1597 SessnR

• Todmerden 1439 Pat 1571 Ct 1623,1646 PRHept 1653 Stansf

• Todmorden 1641 WillY 1714 PRHept 1797 PRAdd

Etymology

'Totta's boundary-valley', from the OE  pers.n. Tot (t )a , v. (ge)mǣre, denu (cf. La 58), with Tot - voiced to Tod - before the voiced -m -. It is on the Lancashire boundary. On the modern borough which includes the old township of Langfield and part of Stansfield as well as Todmorden v. 159supra .