Little Musgrave
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Little Musgrave | |
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OS grid reference | NY759130 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
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 | |
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
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- William Edmundson (1627—1712), founder of the Quaker faith in Ireland.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Cumbria County History Trust: Musgrave (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Location grid
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