Mytholmroyd

Mytholmroyd
Mytholmroyd, November 2010
Coordinates	53 ° 44 ′  N , 1 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 53 ° 44 ′  N , 1 ° 59 ′  W
Mytholmroyd
Residents	4594 (as of 2015)
administration
Post town	HEBDEN BRIDGE
ZIP code section	HX7
prefix	01422
Part of the country	England
region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Shire county	West Yorkshire
District	Calderdale
British Parliament	Calder Valley

Mytholmroyd ( pronunciation : [ ˈmaɪðəmrɔɪd ]) is a place in the parish of Hebden Royd in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire , England. It is 1.2 miles (1.9 km) east of Hebden Bridge and 6.7 miles (10.8 km) west of Halifax . Mytholmroyd is part of the Luddendenfoot Ward of the Calderdale Metropolitan Borough in West Yorkshire.

etymology

Mytholmroyd was first mentioned as Mithomrode in the 13th century . The name refers to a clearing site at the confluence of two rivers and is derived from the Old English (ge) mȳthum (bent form of (ge) mȳthe, "river mouth") and rodu ("clearing, field"). The l was probably inserted by mistake with reference to the widespread Old Norse holm ("small island"). Locally, the place is known for short as Royd .

geography

Mytholmroyd lies in the valley of the River Calder on the east side of the Pennines . In the center of the village, Elphin Brook flows into the calder. The Rochdale Canal , built between 1794 and 1802, runs north of the river .

history

In the 18th century the Cragg Vale , a valley south of Mytholmroyd, was home to a band of counterfeiters . Its leader and two other members were executed in 1770 for the murder of a tax officer in York .

Mytholmroyd Urban District Council was constituted in 1894. In 1937 Mytholmroyd and Hebden Bridge merged to form the Hebden Royd Urban District Council. at the next higher level Mytholmroyd was under the West Riding County Council until 1972, which was then replaced by the West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council. Since 1972 the area of ​​the Hebden Royd Town Council forms a parish in the Calderdale Metropolitan Borough.

In 2012, a flood that broke through the protective wall on the A646 road caused damage to the town. The floods at Christmas 2015 also led to flooding in the area and damage to buildings.

traffic

Mytholmroyd has a two-platform train station on the Calder Valley Line between Leeds and Manchester Victoria .

After its reopening , the Rochdale Canal , which crosses the town, is only used for recreational boating.

The A646 road from Halifax to Burnley traverses the entire town from east to west. The B6138 road connects Mytholmroyd south through Cragg Vale with the A58 from Sowerby Bridge to Littleborough . A road of local importance runs roughly northeast to Midgley.

There is bus service to Cragg Vale , Rishworth , Huddersfield , Hebden Bridge , Rochdale , Halifax , Burnley , Todmorden and Sowerby Bridge , among others .

The nearest airport is Leeds Bradford International Airport .

Culture, education and sport

The Valley of Lights Festival takes place in Mytholmroyd every year. Cultural events take place at the St Michael's Enterprise Center, the Sports and Recreation Center and the Ted Hughes Theater . Mytholmroyd Community Center hosts the Dock Pudding Championships (a traditional dish made from knotweed leaves, oats, nettles, and onions) , held annually in April .

Mytholmroyd has three schools: Calder High School, Scout Road Primary School, and Burnley Road Academy.

In 2014 Mytholmroyd was on the Tour de France route and in 2015 on the Tour de Yorkshire route .

Personalities

• Ted Hughes (1930–1998), poet and writer, Poet Laureate
• Innes Ireland (1930–1993), officer, engineer and motor sportsman

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Luddendenfoot . 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
2. ^ Anthony David Mills: Oxford dictionary of British place names . Oxford University Press, 2003, p. 513.
3. ^ Armitage Goodall: Place-names of South-West Yorkshire . Cambridge University Press, 1913, p. 216.
4. ↑ Emergencies . Retrieved January 4, 2016.
5. ^ Mytholmroyd Net: Ted Hughes Theater , accessed July 20, 2015