Here are the origins of the names of 14 towns and villages in Calderdale. Click here to see photos from a night out in Sowerby bridge in the 2000s and here to see pictures showing deserted Calderdale streets as residents stay at home during lockdown.
5. Brighouse
The name for Brighouse is thought to be Middle English and come from Bridge House and originates from a building on, or close to, the bridge over the River Calder. Brig is old dialect for bridge.
6. Illingworth
The name for Illingworth was originally derived from the Old English word Illinword, which refers to an enclosure. It is of Anglo-Saxon origindating back to 1276.
7. Todmorden
The generally accepted meaning of Todmorden's name is 'Totta's boundary-valley' which is thought to be a reference to the valley running north-west from the town. The name Todmorden first appears in 1641.
8. Shelf
It is thought the place name probably derives from the Anglo Saxon word 'Scelf', which is what it was called in the Domesday Book, which suggests a 'broad and level shelf of land'.