Mossley, Tameside

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Mossley is a town in Tameside

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Mossley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Mossley in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Mossley.-- manufacturing town with ry. sta., Ashton under Lyne par., Lancashire, Mottram in Longen Dale par., Cheshire, and Rochdale par., West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Tame, 2½ miles N. of Stalybridge and 10½ NE. of Manchester by rail, 2560 ac., pop. 13,372; P.O., T.O., and P.O. at Upper Mossley; 3Banks. Mossley has risen to importance within the last 50 years, since the introduction of the cotton mfr. It was placed under the Local Government Act in 1864.

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