Great Musgrave

Great Musgrave
Stone-built cottages in the main village street
Great Musgrave is located in the former Eden District
Great Musgrave
Great Musgrave
Location in Eden, Cumbria
Great Musgrave is located in Cumbria
Great Musgrave
Great Musgrave
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY767135
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKIRKBY STEPHEN
Postcode districtCA17
Dialling code017683
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Cumbria
54°30′58″N 2°21′40″W / 54.516°N 2.361°W / 54.516; -2.361

Great Musgrave is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Musgrave, in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. It is about a mile west of Brough. In 1891 the parish had a population of 175.[1]

Great Musgrave sits atop a hill near the River Eden and Swindale Beck. Its location provides views over the vale of Eden and the nearby northern Pennines. The village name comes from the Musgrave family who lived here.

  1. ^ "Population statistics Great Musgrave AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 January 2022.