Mosser

Mosser is a village and former civil parish, 26 mi south west of Carlisle, now in the parish of Blindbothel, in Allerdale district, in the county of Cumbria, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 56. Mosser has a church called St Michael's Church.

History
The name "Mosser" means 'Moss shieling', in the sense of a peat bog. Mosser was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Brigham, from 1866 Mosser was a civil parish in its own right until 1 April 1934 when it was abolished and merged with Blindbothel. On 28 February 2018 there was a 3.2 magnitude earthquake of which Mosser was at the epicentre.