Middlesceugh

Middlesceugh
The drive to Dupton House, Middlesceugh
Middlesceugh Location in Eden, Cumbria Show map of the former Eden District Middlesceugh Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY405407
Civil parish	Skelton
Unitary authority	Westmorland and Furness
Ceremonial county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CARLISLE
Postcode district	CA4
Dialling code	017684
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and Solway
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°45′29″N2°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 Westmorland and Furness 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]

References

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