Mossley
A view of Mossley
Mossley shown within Greater Manchester
Population	13,344 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SD9702
Metropolitan borough	Tameside
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Postcode district	OL5
Dialling code	01457
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Stalybridge and Hyde
Website: www.mossley-council.co.uk
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°30′53″N 2°02′19″W / 53.5147, -2.0387

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Mossley has the distinction of being situated at the conjunction of the historic county boundaries of Lancashire, Cheshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. The historic counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. Local warding and ecclesiastic matters are maintained in Mossley according to these boundaries. A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at subnational level represented by one or more councillors According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, Mossley had a population of 13,344. A nationwide Census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 It is the only parished area of Tameside, having had a parish council since 1999. A Parish council is a unit of Local government in Great Britain.

History

Toponymy

Believed to originate in around 1319, the name Mossley means "a woodland clearing by a swamp or bog". ^[2]

Events

Mossley - alongside neighbouring Stalybridge and Uppermill in Saddleworth, Greater Manchester - helped launch the annual Whit Friday Band Contest, an internationally known brass band event. Stalybridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England Uppermill is the largest village in the Saddleworth parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. Saddleworth is a Civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England Pentecost (πεντηκοστή, pentekostē, "the fiftieth day" is one of the prominent feasts in the Christian Liturgical year, celebrated the This came about when the three towns held unconnected brass band events on 6 June 1884.

George Lawton, the son of magistrate and alderman John Lawton, inherited a family fortune and, when he died in August 1949, he left his entire estate (apart from some legacies) to the people of Mossley. Part of his estimated £40,000 estate was left to build a public meeting place, the George Lawton Hall, which is a testament to his generosity.

Governance

On 13 March 1885 Mossley was granted a Charter of Incorporation to become a municipal borough. Municipal boroughs were a type of Local government which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974 in Northern Ireland from 1840 to [1]. The whole borough was unified under the administrative county of Lancashire under the Local Government Act 1888. An administrative county was an Administrative division in England and Wales and Ireland used for the purposes of Local government. The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict c 41 was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1888 and established County councils and County borough The borough of Mossley was absorbed under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 into the new metropolitan borough of Tameside in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c 70 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in England and Wales A metropolitan borough is a type of local government district in England covering urban areas within metropolitan counties. The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level Administrative division of England. Greater Manchester is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2 It became an unparished area. In England, an unparished area is an area that is not covered by a Civil parish.

Under the provisions of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 local electors were given the right to request that a new parish and council be created in unparished areas. The Local Government and Rating Act 1997 allows a community at the village neighbourhood town or similar level beneath a district or borough council to demand its own elected parish The people of Mossley exercised this right and a civil parish for Mossley was established in 1999. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. The civil parish council voted to adopt town status and Mossley now has a town mayor. The town has three parish wards based on the historical county borders, with four members representing the Cheshire part, three members the Lancashire part and two members the Yorkshire part. The town's unofficial Coat of Arms includes Cheshire's sheaf of corn, Lancashire's red rose and Yorkshire's white rose to signify the historic demarcation.

Parliament

From 1918 to 1950 the town gave its name to the Mossley constituency which returned a Member of Parliament; for most of the period, the MP was Austin Hopkinson, who was notable for being elected as an Independent candidate. Mossley is a former parliamentary constituency which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament Austin Hopkinson JP ( 24 June 1879 &ndash 2 September 1962) was a British industrialist and Member of Parliament In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. The town is now represented by the MP for Stalybridge and Hyde. Stalybridge and Hyde is a County constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. However, in keeping with the history of the town, Mossley is now represented by fiercely non-political Independent local Councillors - the only such representatives in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party.

Geography

A view of Mossley from Mossley railway station. Mossley railway station serves the town of Mossley Greater Manchester, England.

Mossley's proximity to the Saddleworth Moor and the Pennines makes it prone to precipitation. Saddleworth Moor is an area of sparsley populated Moorland and dark millstone grit scenery typical of the West Yorkshire and East Lancashire Pennine hills of northern

Mossley lies amongst the foothills of the Pennines, on the western edge of Saddleworth Moor. The Pennines are a low-rising Mountain range in Northern England and southern Scotland. Saddleworth Moor is an area of sparsley populated Moorland and dark millstone grit scenery typical of the West Yorkshire and East Lancashire Pennine hills of northern

Churches

The eccesiastical parishes correspond to the boundaries of the historic counties:

• St George's church is of Lancashire.
• St John the Baptist church is of Yorkshire. Saint John the Baptist ( heb. Jochanan ben Sacharja, arab. يحيى Yaḥyā or يوحنا Yūḥanna, aram.
• All Saints' Church is in Micklehurst, Cheshire.

Education

Primary Schools

• St. Josephs RC Primary School
• Livingstone
• St. George's Primary School
• Milton St. John
• Micklehurst All Saints

Secondary School

• Mossley Hollins High School

Twinning

Mossley's French twin town is Hem, situated near Lille, in the Nord département. Hem is a commune of the Nord département, in France. It is located near the city of Roubaix.

Sport

Local sport teams include Mossley A.F.C. and Micklehurst Cricket Club. Mossley Association Football Club are an English football club from the town of Mossley, Greater Manchester, currently playing in the Northern Micklehurst Cricket Club is based in Micklehurst, Mossley near the border with Stalybridge in Tameside, north-west England.

Notable people

Mossley is the birthplace of TV actress and presenter Melanie Sykes. Melanie Sykes (born 7 August 1970 in Mossley, Lancashire) is an English Television Presenter and model

References

External links

• Mossley Council - Mossley Town Council's Web Site
• MossleyOnline, Mossley's Interactive Online Community
• Welcome to Mossley, History and Photo Guide to Mossley
• Tameside Council - Mossley Coat of Arms
• Micklehurst, All Saints Church
• Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School
• Micklehurst Cricket Club
• Mossley Hollins High School