Mosley Street

It runs between its junction with Piccadilly Gardens and Market Street to St Peter's Square.

[1][2] The streets in the neighbourhood were laid in the 1780s and by the early 19th century Mosley Street was the centre of the fashionable residential part of town with institutions such as the Portico Library and the Royal Manchester Institution.

[3] His father, Edward Mosley, already owned Hough End Hall, which was the manor house of Withington.

[4][5] The Mosley family sold their manorial rights to Manchester City Council for £200,000 in 1846.

[6][7] In the first quarter of the 19th century the street was home to Hugh Birley, Samuel Brooks and Nathan Mayer Rothschild.