Todmorden

English

Etymology

From Old English Totta (“Totta's”) +‎ dene (“valley”); alternatively, from Old English Tod (“Death”) +‎ Mort (“Death”) +‎ dene (“valley”); or otherwise deriving from Old English tod (“fox”) +‎ mor (“moor”) +‎ dene (“valley”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɒdmədən/, /ˈtɒdmɔːdən/
• (locally) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒdməɹdən/, /tɔːmdɪn/

Proper noun

Todmorden

1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England. Until 1889 it was in both Lancashire and Yorkshire.

   Synonym: (colloquial) Tod

References

• Parish map