Middlesceugh

Middlesceugh
The drive to Dupton House, Middlesceugh
Middlesceugh is located in the former Eden District
Middlesceugh
Middlesceugh
Location in Eden, Cumbria
Middlesceugh is located in Cumbria
Middlesceugh
Middlesceugh
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY405407
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District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCARLISLE
Postcode districtCA4
Dialling code017684
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54°45′29″N 2°55′26″W / 54.758°N 2.924°W / 54.758; -2.924

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]

  1. ^ "Carlisle St Mary". GENUKI.
  2. ^ "Designated Sites View: Middlesceugh Woods And Pastures". Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  3. ^ "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