MOSSER, a chapelry in the parish of BRIGHAM,
ALLERDALE ward above Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND,
45 miles (S.) from Cockermouth, containing 102
inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the
archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester,
endowed with £ 1200 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of the Earl of Lonsdale. The chapel is dedicated to
St. Philip. There are a few trifling donations for the
education of children.