The L[further explanation needed] was probably inserted out of confusion with the common place-name element holm, Old Norse for a small island or eyot.
The current mayor of Hebden Royd – Val Stevens (Labour, former deputy leader of Manchester City Council) – lives in the village.
Evidence of pre-historic farming is apparent because they cleared the upland forests for cattle grazing and created the peat moorlands.
Most of the Celtic Iron Age settlements were concentrated on the hillside terraces which avoided the wooded and poorly drained valley floors.
Recently local resident and writer Benjamin Myers wrote a novel charting their story, "The Gallows Pole" which went on to win the Walter Scott prize for historical fiction in 2018.
The Sunday school in front of the church was reduced to one storey and is now used as a community hall and meeting spaces available for hire.
In 2009 a new car park with monument in the form of an iron spike with a stone seating surround has been constructed park and is now used for village events including the Mytholmroyd Christmas Market organised by Royd Regen (the local development board) and the town council.
Records of a grant issued to the local township for the purchase of timber stated it was for "repairs to Mitholmroide Bridge", in 1638.
In the 19th century, with shops being constructed on the north end riverbank, and a new premises being built for the Mytholmroyd Co-Operative Society right up to the water's edge on the south bank, two of the bridge's arches are mostly hidden.
However, the premises were built with a large opening underneath the buildings, allowing floodwater to still pass through the two hidden arches underground.
The 19th century listed, 3 floor station building has recently been fully restored back to its former glory both inside and out and is awaiting tenants.
It was recognised for showcasing a real passion for restoration work and an ability to understand the objectives of the original railway builders and architects.
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority are working with the Mytholmroyd Station Partnership to landscape the car park with bee-friendly planters and information boards.
[16][17] This late 18th century pub replaced an earlier inn on the opposite side of the road, where Bridge End cottages now stand.
[19] The village is currently (2017/18) under development with the Environment Agency's 35 Million pound Mytholmroyd Flood Alleviation Scheme.
A disastrous flood occurred in 1837; few details are known about it, although it is known that the river reached the height of the canal, built on the hillside, and ultimately overflowed it.
This was a repeat of another flash flood of June, in the same year, where more than 50 mm of rain fell causing the River Calder to burst its banks.
The row of shops north of County Bridge partially collapsed into the river, and £10 million was earmarked for future protection of the village.
By 2018, Russell Dean Furnishers had their furniture showroom above ground level and the Co-op Food built a replacement store.
[citation needed] Barbarys, which opened in 2019, is a small craft bar by the Caldene bridge, and is named after an old haunt of the Cragg Vale Coiners which was sited 50 yards away.
[citation needed] Mytholmroyd is the primary setting in the post apocalyptic Rampart Trilogy series by British writer M. R. Carey.
[32] The village is served by Mytholmroyd railway station, located on New Road, Northern operate a two per-hour service between Leeds and Manchester.
Cycling is very popular in the area since recent investment including the resurfacing of the Rochdale Canal and Route 66 Cycleway and Le Tour de France passing through the village.
The Tour de Yorkshire passed through the village in 2018,[34] and Cragg Vale, also in Mytholmroyd, has the longest continuous climb in England.