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.

Skills Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Cressing

Historical Forms

  • Skulls c.1840 TA
  • terra del Scolhus t.Hy3 Survey
  • Scolhousfelde 14th AddCh
  • le Scolehouse 1401 Ct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) ( Skulls c. 1840 TA) is possibly to beassociated with terra del Scolhus t. Hy 3Survey , Scolhousfelde 14thAddCh . This carries back the schoolhouse some 200years earlier than NED. Another early Essex example is le Scolehouse (Bocking) 1401Ct .