OS grid reference SE687802 Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district YO62 District Ryedale | Country England Post town YORK Shire county North Yorkshire Civil parish Nunnington | |
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Region Yorkshire and the Humber UK parliament constituency Thirsk and Malton (formerly Ryedale) | ||
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.
Map of Muscoates, York, UK
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. Muscoates was a township in the ancient parish of Kirkdale, and became a separate civil parish in 1866.
Muscoates was a small parish, with an area of only 1,045 acres (423 ha) and a population of 23 in 1961. 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.