Muscoates

Muscoates
Muscoates  Muscoates shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE687802
Civil parish	Nunnington
District	Ryedale
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	YORK
Postcode district	YO62
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Thirsk and Malton (formerly Ryedale)
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Coordinates: 54°12′58″N 0°57′00″W / 54.216°N 0.950°W

Muscoates is a hamlet in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Riccal, 4 miles (6 km) south of the town of Kirkbymoorside.

Muscoates is first mentioned in a document of the 12th century. The name is derived from the Old English mūsa cotes, meaning "mouse-infested cottages", or from an Old Norse personal name Músi.^[1] Muscoates was a township in the ancient parish of Kirkdale,^[2] and became a separate civil parish in 1866.^[3]

Muscoates was a small parish, with an area of only 1,045 acres (423 ha) and a population of 23 in 1961.^[4] In 1974 it became part of the new district of Ryedale, and was then absorbed into the larger neighbouring parish of Nunnington.

Sir Herbert Read, the poet and art critic, was born at Muscoates in 1893.

References

1. Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Muscoates", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978 0 521 16855 7
2. William Page (editor) (1914). "Parishes: Kirkdale". Victoria County History. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
3. Vision of Britain:relationships and changes
4. Vision of Britain: 1961 census report