Little Musgrave

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

This article is about the village in Cumbria. For the folk song, see Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard.

Little Musgrave
Stone built farm buildings in Little Musgrave
Little Musgrave is located in the former Eden District
Little Musgrave
Little Musgrave
Location in Eden, Cumbria
Little Musgrave is located in Cumbria
Little Musgrave
Little Musgrave
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY759130
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKIRKBY STEPHEN
Postcode districtCA17
Dialling code017683
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

Location
1930s AA road sign preserved on display in the village

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

See also

References
  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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