Middleton Castle Farm

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Motte)

There are no visible remains

NameMiddleton Castle Farm
Alternative NamesYoulgreave; Fulwood's Castle
Historic CountryDerbyshire
Modern AuthorityDerbyshire
1974 AuthorityDerbyshire
Civil ParishMiddleton And Smerrill

Traces of earthworks, possible castle, listed in the VCH ancient earthworks section 'castle mounts with attached courts' suggesting medieval earthworks.

Gatehouse 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.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSK197633
Latitude53.166820526123
Longitude-1.7067699432373
Eastings419700
Northings363340
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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