Mosedale, Cumbria

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Mosedale
Location in Eden, Cumbria
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Mosedale
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54°40′52″N2°59′53″W / 54.681°N 2.998°W / 54.681; -2.998 Coordinates: 54°40′52″N2°59′53″W / 54.681°N 2.998°W / 54.681; -2.998
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Mosedale Quaker Meeting House

Mosedale is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mungrisdale [1] in the Eden district, in the county of Cumbria, in the north west of the English Lake District. It is on the River Caldew, north east of Bowscale Fell and south east of Carrock Fell, about one mile north of Mungrisdale. [2] In 1931 the parish had a population of 49. [3] In the 2011 United Kingdom census the parish of Mungrisdale, comprising eight hamlets including Mosedale, had a population of 297. [4]

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There is a Quaker meeting house in Mosedale, where meetings are held weekly in summer and fortnightly in winter. The meeting house was created in 1702 from an earlier building, was used for regular meetings until 1865, became an Anglican chapel of ease 1936–1970, and was restored for use by Quakers in 1973. It is one of the earliest meeting houses in Cumbria and is associated with George Fox, the founder of the Quakers. [5] [6] [7] [8]

History

Mosedale was formerly a township in Caldbeck parish, [9] from 1866 Mosedale was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1934 and merged with Mungrisdale. [10]

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References

  1. "Welcome to the parish of Mungrisdale". Mungrisdale Parish Website. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  2. "Mosedale". The Cumbria Directory. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  3. "Population statistics Mosedale Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Mungrisdale Parish (E04002557)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  5. "About us". North Cumbria Area Meeting: Mosedale. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  6. "Outpost of Quakerism in the Cumbrian hills". Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 24 August 2002. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  7. Neil, Emma. Friends Meeting House, Mosedale (PDF) (Report). Quakers. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  8. Historic England. "Friends' Meeting House and Adjoining Stables (Grade II) (1137704)". National Heritage List for England .
  9. "History of Mosedale, in Eden and Cumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  10. "Relationships and changes Mosedale Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.