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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Musgrave like this:
MUSGRAVE (Great), a village and a parish in East Ward district, Westmoreland. The village stands on the river Eden, and on the Eden Valley railway, at Musgrave r. station, 3½ miles N by W of Kirkby-Stephen; gives name to the Musgraves of Edenhall; and has a two-arched bridge. The parish comprises 4,080 acres. ...
Post-town, Brough, under Penrith. Real property, with Little Musgrave, £2, 776. Pop. of G.-M. alone, 192. Houses, 34. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Sir G. Musgrave, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £149.* Patron, the Bishop of Carlisle. The church is modern, and has a tower. There are an endowed national school, and charities £5.
Musgrave is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Musgrave itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Musgrave, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4394
Date accessed: 07th February 2026
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