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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]
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- 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!
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Liz Sparkes' Glossop Page has useful information about Glossop Library, including a list
of their main holdings and availability of microfilm readers, &c.
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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.
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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!
- 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.
The Directory section is available as
Pages 600-612
on Neil's site.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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]
- 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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[Last updated 13 Feb 2009 - 11:19 by Rosemary Lockie]
