What is "muscoates"

Muscoates is a hamlet in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Riccal, 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. 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 then absorbed into the larger neighbouring parish of Nunnington.

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