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Middlesceugh
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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 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]

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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