In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Moseley like this:

MOSELEY, a hamlet in Bushbury parish, Stafford; on the Northwestern railway and the Grand Junction canal. 4 miles N by E of Wolverhampton. Pop., 53. Moseley Court and Moseley Hall are chief residences; and the former gave concealment to Charles II., and retains his hiding-place and his bed in their original condition.

Moseley through time

Moseley is now part of WOLVERHAMPTON District. Click here for graphs and data of how WOLVERHAMPTON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Moseley itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Moseley, in Wolverhampton and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25357

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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