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GLOSSOP, Derbyshire

"GLOSSOP is a village and township, in the populous and extensive parish of its name, in the hundred of High Peak; 184 miles from London. 50 N.N.W. from Derby, 25 N.W. from Sheffield, and 13 S.E. from Manchester. This village, which is one of great manufacturing consequence, is situate on a rising bank, springing from one of the deepest valleys in the Peak. The country around is very pleasing, and many of the views may be considered romantic: plantations abound in the home scenery, and the lands in the low grounds are fertile; but the mountainous parts are less productive." [There is further information for Glossop]

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Archives and Libraries

• The Glossop Heritage Centre has a comprehensive collection of Local History resources, including maps and plans, old local photographs, newspapers back to 1880's, local souvenirs and books, &c. Sounds like a "must" to visit for any family historian with an interest in Glossop!

• Liz Sparkes' Glossop Page has useful information about Glossop Library, including a list of their main holdings and availability of microfilm readers, &c.

Bibliography

• Liz Sparkes' Glossop Page has a list of the best books on the history of Glossop, and includes extracts from the Millennium Project Booklet "Annals of Glossop - the years 1-2000 A.D" by Peggy Davies.

Church History

• "Neath Ancient Moss" - a history of The Parish Church of All Saints, Glossop. Added 8 Mar 2007.

Church Records

• Liz Sparkes' Glossop Page has information about available parish registers for Glossop.

Census

• Marjorie Ward's North West Derbyshire Sources includes a full Transcription of the 1841 Census for Glossop.

Description and Travel

• Images of Glossop and District - a wonderful site created by Liz Sparkes for photographs of churches, chapels, old street scenes, &c. As many photographs as possible are being made available - very nostalgic!

Directories

• A searchable database of entries in trade directories for The Ancient Parish of Glossop is provided by JiGraH Resources (Graham and Jill Hadfield). NB: also includes entries for townships and chapelries of Mellor, Hayfield, New Mills, Chinley, &c.

• A Description of Glossop has been transcribed by Heather Faulkes from Pigot's Directory of 1828-9. Also included are Howards Town and Whitfield.

• A Description of Glossop and Directory for Glossop, Padfield, Whitfield and Howard's Town transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of a Description of Glossop, from White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby, 1857 by Neil Wilson - replaces a partial transcription of my own.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Glossop from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Genealogy

• Glossop Sources - part of Marjorie Ward's North West Derbyshire Sources - a developing site with new material being added all the time.

History

• Transcription of section of Lysons' Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817, for Glossop by Barbarann Ayars.

Manors

• An account of Ollerset Hall, taken from Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire, Volume I 1892 (The High Peak) by Joseph Tilley, transcribed/OCR'd by Rosemary Lockie. Added 4 Mar 2008.

• An account of Long Lee, Beard & Simmondley Halls, taken from Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire, Volume I 1892 (The High Peak) by Joseph Tilley, transcribed/OCR'd by Rosemary Lockie. Added 4 Mar 2008.

Names, Personal

• Transcribed entries from a book of Applications for Clothing from the Joseph Hague Charity by Bev Sierpina (on Graham Hadfield's site). Please note the transcription covers only those pages containing entries for FIELDING rather than the whole book, but it still amounts to an interesting mix covering 175 surnames and over 1,700 entries.

Probate Records

• The Ancient Parish of Glossop - Index of Probate Documents, by A.K. Lee, R. Clarke, & S. McKenna, published by Derbyshire Family History Society, 1990.  ISBN 0947964 26 6. Covers the period 1472-1860.
  This booklet is out of print, but should be available for study via Inter-Library Loan (ILL). Or for purchase on microfiche - see Derbyshire Family History Society's Publications about Derbyshire - look for the heading Miscellaneous Microfiche and entry Glossop Probate. Added 8 Mar 2007.

Schools

• Information about Glossop Schools has been very kindly provided by Graham Hadfield.

• In addition to the schools mentioned in Graham's account, we are told that in 1949, a Mrs. Thomas ran a small Private School, on Ellison Street, next door to the then existing Fire Station. Mrs. Thomas lived in Hadfield and her husband used to give piano lessons.

  Pupils attending the school may then have gone on to attend Kingsmoor Private Co-Educational School in the former Glossop Hall on Hall Meadow Road. It had had occupied the Hall since 1927 when the Duke of Norfolk sold off the estate, but was subsequently rehoused in Romiley, Cheshire, in 1956. Added 23 Apr 2008. [My thanks to Mrs. Pam Baldwin for this information]

Taxation

• Liz Sparkes has provided a transcription of the 1783 Window Tax for the parish of Glossop (includes Glossop Dale, Padfield, Hadfield, Dinting, Whitfield, Chunal, Simmondley, Charlesworth, Ludworth and Chisworth).

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