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

Other OS name in the Parish of Bradford

Historical Forms

  • le Mythome 1512 YAS
  • Mythom 1618 WillC

Etymology

, le Mythome 1512YAS 39, Mythom 1618 WillC , ' (at)the river-mouths ' , v. (ge)mȳðe , - um , a common YW p.n. , here referring to the long narrow hill between Mytholme Beck and Harden Beck near their confluence .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name