English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Middlesceugh

Major Settlement in the Parish of Middlesceugh and Braithwaite

Historical Forms

  • Mydieskewgh (sic) 1272 For
  • Middescogh 1342 1345 Cl
  • Mid(d)elscough 1272 For
  • Midlescogh 1362 Ipm
  • Middleskeugh 1530 MinAcct
  • Midilscough 1348 Ass
  • Midilscugh 1356 Carliol
  • Medylscogh 1509 LP

Etymology

'Middle wood,' v. skógr .

Places in the same Parish