Mosley Common

Mosley Common
Mosley Common village sign
Mosley Common is located in Greater Manchester
Mosley Common
Mosley Common
Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid referenceSD715015
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMANCHESTER
Postcode districtM28, M29
Dialling code01942/0161
PoliceGreater Manchester
FireGreater Manchester
AmbulanceNorth West
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UK
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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]

  1. ^ Lunn (1995), p. 48.