Middleton Castle Farm (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Youlgreave; Fulwood's Castle

In the civil parish of Middleton And Smerrill.
In the historic county of Derbyshire.
Modern Authority of Derbyshire.
1974 county of Derbyshire.
Medieval County of Derbyshire.

OS Map Grid Reference: SK19706334
Latitude 53.16682° Longitude -1.70677°

Middleton Castle Farm has been described as a Timber Castle although is doubtful that it was such.

There are no visible remains.

Comments

PastScape and Derbyshire HER record this as the site of Fulwood's Castle a C17 large 'embattled house' and reports some masonry foundations. As with any such house it is possible it was built on the site of an earlier house of some status but the castle name clearly comes from the C17 house, the mound and courts reported in the VCH seem to be demolition rubble and post-medieval garden earthworks. Some mid C19 excavations were done but found nothing medieval. A limited geophysical survey done in 1992 also does not report anything likely to be medieval. However this may have been the site of the medieval manorial centre and it was listed by David King so Gatehouse feels unable to reject the site outright.

Sources of information, references and further reading

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 308677.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 10174.

Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 29 (slight)
  Craven, Maxwell and Stanley, Michael, 2002, The Lost Houses of Derbyshire (Landmark Publishing) p. 28
  Craven, M. and Stanley, M., 1984, The Derbyshire Country House Vol. 2 p. 86
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 111
  Pevsner, Nikolaus revised by Elizabeth Williamson, 1978, Buildings of England: Derbyshire (Harmondsworth) p. 281
  Cox, J.C., 1905, 'Ancient Earthworks' in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Derbyshire Vol. 1 p. 387 online copy
  Tilley, J., 1892, Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire Vol. 1 p. 247 (slight) online copy

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