Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Cald(e)hous(e) 1324 Inqaqd 1325,1362 Cl 1362 IpmR

• Couldhouse 1554 Ct

• lande late called Coulde house (howse) and now called Ca(u)lders 1574 Ct 1578 Rental

• Coulders or Coulde House, Ca(u)lders 1584 EAS(NS)ii

• Scalders 1688 Rochford 1884 EAS(NS)ii

• Scaldhurst, Scaldhurst otherwise Scauld House 1768 M 1872 Rochford

Etymology

Scaldhurst is Cald (e )hous (e )1324 Inq aqd, 1325, 1362 Cl, 1362 IpmR, Couldhouse 1554Ct , lande late called Coulde house (howse ) and now called Ca (u )lders 1574Ct , 1578Rental , Coulders or Coulde House , Ca (u )lders 1584 EAS (NS) ii, Scalders 1688 Rochford, 1884 EAS (NS) ii, Scaldhurst , Scaldhurst otherwise Scauld House 1768 M, 1872 Rochford. 'The cold house,' v. ceald , hus . For the inorganic initial s , cf. such pronunciations as scrumple , snaisty (nasty), sparch , squench , scotchneal (cochineal), Gepp 152, 156, and Corringales supra 40–1, locally [skrindʒəlz].