Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Great Musgrave, Musgrave

Great Musgrave, Musgrave

Great Musgrave

civil parish:-

Musgrave (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY76791353 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY7613

10Km square:-

NY71

BLX56.jpg (taken 21.4.2006)
photograph

BMI23.jpg AA village sign:-
"AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION / WARCOP 2 / GREAT MUSGRAVE / BROUGH 2 / LONDON 265¾/ SAFETY FIRST" (taken 7.7.2006)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 23 2)
placename:- Great Musgrave
placename:- Musgrave, Great

source data:-

Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Musgrave Magna

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.

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Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Musgrave magna"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

table of distances:- Simons 1635
placename:- Great Musgrave

source data:-

Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Westmerland ie Westmorland, with a thumbnail map, scale about 42 miles to 1 inch, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for the English Traviller, 1635.

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SIM3.jpg
"Great Musgrave N"
and tabulated distances
item:- private collection : 50.39
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Great Musgrave

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.

JAN3NY71.jpg
"Great Musgrave"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:- Great Musgrave

source data:-

Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Great Musgrave"

evidence:-

hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1670
placename:- Greatt Musgrave

source data:-

Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
"Greatt Musgrave"

evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)
placename:- Great Musgrave

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.

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"Great Musgrave"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 24
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evidence:-

possibly old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
placename:- Musgrave

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.

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"Musgrave"
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Great Musgrave

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.

BO18NY71.jpg
"Gr. Musgrave"
circle, building and tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Great Musgrave
placename:- Musgrave, Great

source data:-

Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

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"GREAT MUSGRAVE"
blocks, labelled in block caps; village or parish?
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old text:- Camden 1789
placename:- Musgrave

source data:-

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Page 147:- "... It [River Eden] afterwards runs by ... two villages of the name Musgrave which give name to the warlike family of Musgrave, of whom t. Edward III. Thomas Musgrave had summons to parliament among the barons; Heartly castle in this neighbourhood was their residence."

evidence:-

old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)
placename:- Great Musgrave
item:- march warden

source data:-

Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
Page 156:- "..."
"The villages of Great and Little Musgrave may seem rather to derive their name from the family, their name being taken from their office Musgrave or Mosgreve equivalent to Warden of the Marches, which office they held, and not improbably the same with Markgrave. They are as old here as Peter Musgrave in the reign of Stephen. Richard Musgrave his lineal descendant was created knight of the bath, and a baronet by James I. His son Philip distinguished himself on the king's side in the civil war, and defended the Isle of Man for the countess of Derby, and, at the Restoration, had a warrant for creating him baron Musgrave of Hartley castle, but never took out the patent. The present baronet Philip is the 5th in lineal descent from him. The family burial-place is at Eden-hall, repaired and beautified by sir Richard Musgrave the 1st baronet, who died and was buried at Naples 13 James I. The late sir Christopher Musgrave in a great measure demolished the noble pile, and employed the materials on his seat at Eden-hall."

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Great Musgrave
placename:- Musgrave, Great

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

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"Great Musgrave"
blocks, no church symbol, labelled in upright lowercase; village
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

probably old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Musgrave

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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COP4.jpg
"Musgrave"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd)
placename:- Great Musgrave

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.

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HA18.jpg
"Gt. Musgrave"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Great Musgrave

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.