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

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Mythome 1545 FF

Etymology

, Mythome 1545 FF , ' (at) the river-mouths ' , (ge)mȳðe , - um , a name which occurs several times in YW ; the reference here is to the confluence of Luddenden Brook and Clough Hole Brook .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement