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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 903 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MOSSLEY , a See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

TOWN

town and municipal See also:

BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough in the See also:

Prestwich See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

LANCASHIRE

Lancashire, See also:

England, See also:

IO2

io2 m. E.N.E. from See also:

Manchester, by the See also:

LONDON

London & See also:

North-Western railway. Pop. (19o1), 13,452. It lies in the valley of the Tame, See also:

close to the junction of the boundaries of Lancashire, See also:

CHESHIRE

Cheshire and See also:

YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire, and is surrounded by sharply-rising high ground, especially eastward. The See also:

HUDDERSFIELD

Huddersfield See also:

canal passes it. Across the See also:

RIVER

river from the town See also:

ancient earthworks (Bucton See also:

Castle), of See also:

BRITISH

British origin, are seen, and a See also:

ROMAN

Roman road passing them, and See also:

RUNNING

running north and See also:

south is also traceable. Mossley has foundries, See also:

mill-See also:

WORKS

works, woollen factories, and large See also:

cotton-See also:

SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning See also:

mills. It was incorporated in 1885, and the See also:

CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation consists of a See also:

mayor, 6 aldermen, and 16 councillors. See also:

AREA

Area, 3622 acres.

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