Little Musgrave

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

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]

Little Musgrave
Stone built farm buildings in Little Musgrave
Little Musgrave Location in Eden, Cumbria Show map of the former Eden District Little Musgrave Location within Cumbria Show map of 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 54.512°N 2.371°W / 54.512; -2.371

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

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

See also

• Cumbria portal

• Listed buildings in Musgrave, Cumbria
• Musgrave railway station