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

MOUSON, or Mowson, a township in Bambrough parish, Northumberland; 1 mile S of Belford. Acres, 752. Pop., 82. Houses, 14. There is a Roman camp.

Mousen through time

Mousen is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Mousen itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9511

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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