Mouswald
Sign in to savethumb|330px|Rural landscape at Mouswald thumb|330px|Mouswald Parish Church Mouswald is a rural village slightly east of Dumfries in south-west Scotland. It lies on the B724 south of the A75. The site views southward over the Solway Firth.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mouswald
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Mouswald
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.population
- 284
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NY066727
- UK place.post_town
- Dumfries
- UK place.postcode_area
- DG1 4
- UK place.dial_code
- 01387 830...
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (UK Parliament constituency)
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Dumfriesshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 329
- UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi
- 78
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Dumfriesshire
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Image
- Downhill to Mouswald - geograph.org.uk - 704399.jpg
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- P7959
- Dumfriesshire
- P8168
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- History
- Notable residents
- References
thumb|330px|Rural landscape at Mouswald thumb|330px|Mouswald Parish Church Mouswald is a rural village slightly east of Dumfries in south-west Scotland. It lies on the B724 south of the A75. The site views southward over the Solway Firth.
==History== A Scandinavian settlement began here in the 9th century and the name Mouswald is said to derive from the Danish mosi vollr, meaning mossy field.