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Middlesceugh | |
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![]() The drive to Dupton House, Middlesceugh | |
OS grid reference | NY405407 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CARLISLE |
Postcode district | CA4 |
Dialling code | 017684 |
Police | Cumbria |
Fire | Cumbria |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Middlesceugh is a hamlet in the civil parish of Skelton, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England.
The name is recorded as 'Middil Stouke' in 1419. [1]
'Middlesceugh and Braithwaite' was historically a township which straddled the ancient parishes of Carlisle St Mary (which had its parish church at Carlisle Cathedral) and Hesket-in-the-Forest. [2] [3] The part of St Mary's parish was detached from the main part of the parish, being over 9 miles (14 km) south of Carlisle; its inhabitants tended to actually use the churches at nearby Ivegill, High Head or Sebergham. [4] The township took on civil functions under the poor laws from the 17th century onwards, and as such also became a civil parish in 1866, when the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws. [5]
The civil parish of Middlesceugh and Braithwaite was abolished in 1934, being absorbed into the neighbouring parish of Skelton. [6]
Middlesceugh has a SSSI called Middlesceugh Woods And Pastures, [7] alongside the Roe Beck. It forms part of the Cumbrian Marsh Fritillary Site, which was involved in the Natura 2000 programme. [8]