Mosedale, Cumberland

Historical Description

Mosedale, a township in Mungrisdale ecclesiastical parish, Cumberland, under Carrock Fell, 5 miles from Troutbeck station on the Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith railway. Post town and money order office, Greystoke; telegraph office, Troutbeck (R.S.) Acreage, 2418; population, 59.

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Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient County	Cumberland
Civil parish	Caldbeck
Poor Law union	Wigton
Ward	Allerdale below Derwent

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Mosedale from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Mosedale)

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Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.

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Maps

Online maps of Mosedale are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)