Mosley Common

Mosley Common
Mosley Common village sign
Mosley Common Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD715015
Metropolitan borough	Wigan
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MANCHESTER
Postcode district	M28, M29
Dialling code	01942/0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Worsley and Eccles
List of places UK England Greater Manchester 53°30′35″N 2°25′49″W / 53.5098°N 2.4304°W / 53.5098; -2.4304

Mosley Common is a suburb of Tyldesley at the far-eastern edge of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it was anciently a hamlet in the east of the township of Tyldesley cum Shakerley, in the ancient parish of Leigh. The area of Mosley Common in 1747 was 34 acres (14 ha) statute s.^[1]