Mosser, Cumberland
Historical Description
Mosser, a township and an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1883, in Brigham parish, Cumberland, on the river Cocker, under Whinfield Fell, 4 miles S of Cockermouth railway station. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Cockermouth. Acreage, 1490; population, 89. The manor belongs to Lord Leconfield. The ecclesiastical parish comprises also the townships of Blindbothel and Eaglesfield. Population, 437. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; gross value, £60 with residence. Patron, the Bishop. The old church is still used for divine service, but a new church in the Gothic style was erected in 1891 on a site given by the Earl of Lonsdale.
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 | Brigham | |
Poor Law union | Cockermouth | |
Ward | Allerdale above Derwent |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Mosser from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Mosser are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- 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)