Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Little Musgrave Farm buildings 09.09.2016R.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Stone built farm buildings in Little Musgrave |
Coordinates: | 54.512°N -2.371°W |
Official Name: | Little Musgrave |
Civil Parish: | Musgrave |
Shire District: | Eden |
Shire County: | Cumbria |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Penrith and The Border |
Post Town: | KIRKBY STEPHEN |
Postcode District: | CA17 |
Postcode Area: | CA |
Dial Code: | 017683 |
Os Grid Reference: | NY759130 |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Eden |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Eden, Cumbria |
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]
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.
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]