Meanings
- 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.
Synonyms: Tod
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA market town and civil parish with a town council in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England. Until 1889 it was in both Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Origin
From Old English Totta (“Totta's”) + mære (“border”) + dene (“valley”). Folk etymologies have related it to German Tod (“death”) + French Mort (“death”) + Old English dene (“valley”); or otherwise deriving from Old English tod (“fox”) + mor (“moor”) + dene (“valley”).
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Todmorden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Todmorden
“Todmorden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Todmorden. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Todmorden,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Todmorden.
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