{{Short description|Village in Cumbria, England}} {{About|the village in Cumbria|the folk song|Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image_name = Little Musgrave Farm buildings 09.09.2016R.jpg | static_image_caption = Stone built farm buildings in Little Musgrave | coordinates = {{coord|54.512|-2.371|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Little Musgrave | population = | population_ref = | civil_parish = Musgrave | unitary_england = Westmorland and Furness | lieutenancy_england = Cumbria | region = North West England | constituency_westminster = Westmorland and Lonsdale | 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 | label_position = }}
'''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.<ref name=OS91>{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 91 ''Appleby-in-Westmorland (Brough & Kirkby Stephen)''|ISBN= 9780319231302 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2014}}</ref> In 1891 the parish had a population of 52.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10201020/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Little Musgrave Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=13 January 2022}}</ref>
==Location== thumb|left|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,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22552|title=History of Little Musgrave, in Eden and Westmorland|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=13 January 2022}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10201020|title=Relationships and changes Little Musgrave Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=13 January 2022}}</ref>
==Notable residents== *William Edmundson (1627—1712), founder of the Quaker faith in Ireland.
==See also== {{portal|Cumbria}} *Listed buildings in Musgrave, Cumbria *Musgrave railway station
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==External links== *[http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/musgrave Cumbria County History Trust: Musgrave] (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
==Location grid== {{NSEW|Flitholme|Soulby|Great Musgrave|Bleatarn|||||}}
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Category:Villages in Cumbria Category:Former civil parishes in Cumbria Category:Westmorland and Furness
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