Mobberley is a township and parish in Bucklow Hundred. It includes the hamlets of Baguley Green, Barnes Brow, Burleyhurst, Gorsey Brow, Knolls Green, Newton, Paddockhill (part), Saltersley, Tipping Brow and Woodend. The population was 993 in 1801, 1275 in 1851, 1353 in 1901 and 1913 in 1951.