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Mosley Common

Suburb of Tyldesley in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester.

Mother Haggy

Witch of St. Albans, best-known for her salve to restore the hymen.

Mother Red Cap

Redirected to Jinney Bingham, Mother Damnable

Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance

Ghost story by M. R. James, first published in 1911, about a strange maze and temple on a recently inherited estate in Wiltshire.

Mr. Brisher’s Treasure

Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1899, a morality tale of greed and hypocrisy.

Mr. Ledbetter’s Vacation

Short story by H. G. Wells about a schoolmaster who, to prove his courage to himself, burgles a house while on holiday, leading him into a strange adventure.

Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland

Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1901, about a young man who falls asleep one midsummer's night and wakes to find himself in Fairyland.

Mrs Richard Brinsley Sheridan (painting)

Oil on canvas portrait by the English artist Thomas Gainsborough, a close friend of the Linleys

Municipal Borough of Leigh

Local government district in Lancashire, England, created in 1899 and abolished in 1974.

Municipal Borough of Stretford

Created in 1894 and granted a charter of incorporation in 1933, becoming a municipal borough. Abolished in 1974, the area it controlled is now part of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester.