Muscoates


Muscoates is a hamlet in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Riccal, to the south of the town of Kirkbymoorside.

Heritage

Muscoates is first mentioned in a document of the 12th century. The name derives either 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 and a population of 23 in 1961. In 1974 it became part of the new district of Ryedale and was absorbed into the larger neighbouring parish of Nunnington.

Famous son

, the poet and art critic, was born at Muscoates in 1893, the son of a farmer. His fantasy novel, The Green Child, was described in 1993 by the critic Geoffrey Wheatcroft in 1993 as "singular, odd, completely original".