Middlesceugh Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:The drive to Dupton House (geograph 2932555).jpg
Static Image Caption:The drive to Dupton House, Middlesceugh
Coordinates:54.758°N -2.924°W
Official Name:Middlesceugh
Civil Parish:Skelton
Shire District:Eden
Shire County:Cumbria
Region:North West England
Constituency Westminster:Penrith and The Border
Post Town:CARLISLE
Postcode District:CA4
Postcode Area:CA
Dial Code:017684
Os Grid Reference:NY405407
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom Eden
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Eden, Cumbria

Middlesceugh is a hamlet in the civil parish of Skelton, in the Eden district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It in the ecclesiastical parish of Carlisle St Mary.[1] Middlesceugh has a SSSI called Middlesceugh Woods And Pastures,[2] alongside the Roe Beck. It forms part of the Cumbrian Marsh Fritillary Site, which was involved in the Natura 2000 programme.[3]

It appears as Middil Stouke, in 1419 [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carlisle St Mary. GENUKI.
  2. Web site: Designated Sites View: Middlesceugh Woods And Pastures. 18 December 2015.
  3. Web site: Site Improvement Plan Cumbrian Marsh Fritillary Site. Natural England. 2014.
  4. Plea rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives, reference: CP40/634; image available at: http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H5/CP40no634/aCP40no634fronts/IMG_0399.htm - the 4th entry, with "Cumbr" in the margin, and William Robynson as the plaintiff