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Moses Gate is a small district of Farnworth, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, it lies 2.6mi southeast of Bolton town centre and 10.8mi northwest of the city of Manchester.ToponymyThe name Moses Gate is derived from a corruption of mosses meaning peaty or marshy lands and the Old English gata meaning a way, street or road. Together they mean 'the way across the moss'. On Greenwood's 1818 map the place is written Moss Gate. The two words are found in local names, Kearsley Moss, Clifton Moss, Linnyshaw Moss, and in Bolton street names Churchgate and Deansgate - meaning the way to the church or to Deane.Moses Gate Country ParkThe country park, also known as Crompton Lodges, is an attractive 750acre park, situated in the Croal Irwell Valley between the town centres of Bolton and Farnworth.