Little Musgrave

Little Musgrave
Little Musgrave
	Stone built farm buildings in Little Musgrave
	Little Musgrave Location in Eden, Cumbria Little Musgrave Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY759130
Civil parish	Musgrave ;
Unitary authority	Westmorland and Furness ;
Ceremonial county	Cumbria ;
Region	North West ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KIRKBY STEPHEN
Postcode district	CA17
Dialling code	017683
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Westmorland and Lonsdale ;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°30′43″N2°22′16″W / 54.512°N 2.371°W

Last updated August 11, 2025

Little Musgrave is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Musgrave, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England.^[1] In 1891 the parish had a population of 52.^[2]

Location

The village is situated at 500 ft above sea level in the upper reaches of the Eden Valley just south of the Eden River and two and one-half miles west-south-west of Brough.

The village lies within the historic county of Westmorland.

History

Little Musgrave was formerly a township in Crosby-Garret parish,^[3] from 1866 Little Musgrave was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 30 December 1894 and merged with "Great Musgrave" to form "Musgrave".^[4]

Notable residents

William Edmundson (1627—1712), founder of the Quaker faith in Ireland.

References

↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 91 Appleby-in-Westmorland (Brough & Kirkby Stephen) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231302.
↑ "Population statistics Little Musgrave Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 13 January 2022.
↑ "History of Little Musgrave, in Eden and Westmorland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
↑ "Relationships and changes Little Musgrave Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Musgrave (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

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[OS91-1] Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 91 Appleby-in-Westmorland (Brough & Kirkby Stephen) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231302.

[2] "Population statistics Little Musgrave Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[3] "History of Little Musgrave, in Eden and Westmorland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[4] "Relationships and changes Little Musgrave Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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