English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Calcutt (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Houghton Regis

Historical Forms

  • Caldecote 1224 FF 1247 Ass
  • Caudecote 1247 Ass

Etymology

'Cold cottages,' probably from their exposed situation. v. cald , cot .

Places in the same Parish