In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Mosedale like this:
MOSEDALE, a glen on the mutual border of Cumberland and Lancashire; forming the upper part of Seathwaite valley, along the river Duddon; descending south-south-westward, from the W side of Weatherlam; and flanked, on the right, by Greyfriars mountain,-on the left, by the Old Man of Coniston.
The location is the tributary valley to the upper Duddon marked as "Mosedale" on modern and historical Ordnance Survey maps. The description given by the Imperial Gazetteer seems to relate more to the tributary valley somewhat to the south, around Seathwaite Tarn, but there is no other evidence of the name Mosedale being associated with that valley. Additional information about this locality is available for Ulpha
Mosedale through time
Mosedale is now part of Copeland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Copeland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Mosedale itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Mosedale, in Copeland and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25932
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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