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Little Musgrave

Human settlement in England

Musgrave

District

Eden

Shire county

Cumbria

Region

North West

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54°30′43″N 2°22′16″W / 54.512°N 2.371°W / 54.512; -2.371

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]

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.