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.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))