Glossop 113553 225992243 2008-07-16T10:34:26Z Mampam 3189716 Change distance to London from 148 to 184 miles, wish it was further! {{Otheruses}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name= Glossop | country= England | region= East Midlands | static_image= [[Image:Dinting6219.JPG|240px]] | static_image_caption= <small>Glossop from Higher Dinting</small> | population= 32,428 ([[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]]) | os_grid_reference= SK0393 | latitude= 53.4380 | longitude= -1.9473 | map_type= Derbyshire | post_town= GLOSSOP | postcode_area= SK | postcode_district= SK13 | dial_code= 01457 | constituency_westminster= [[High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)|High Peak]] | civil_parish= | shire_district=[[High Peak]] | shire_county=[[Derbyshire]] }} '''Glossop''' is a small [[market town]] within the [[High Peak (borough)|High Peak borough]] of [[Derbyshire]], [[England]], that uses the tagline "the gateway to the [[Peak District National Park]]". It lies on the Glossop Brook, a tributary of the [[River Etherow]], about {{convert|14|mi|km|0}} east of the city of [[Manchester]], {{convert|24|mi|km|0}} west of the city of [[Sheffield]] and {{convert|31|mi|km|1}} from [[Matlock]], the county town. It is between {{convert|150|and|300|m|ft|0}} above mean sea level, and is surrounded by, but not part of, the Peak District National Park. Like [[Buxton]], it differs from other areas of the borough in that it is not [[parish council|parished]], and this distinction defines its boundaries. It has a total resident population of 32,428 according to the 2001 census.<ref>[http://www.statistics.gov.uk Office for National Statistics]</ref> Historically the name Glossop refers to the small hamlet that gave its name to an ancient parish recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, and then the [[manor]] given by [[William I of England]] to [[William Peverel|William Peveril]]. It refers to the [[municipal borough]] created in 1866, and the unparished urban area within two local government wards.<ref name=jigrah> [http://www.jigrah.co.uk/glossop/glossop.htm#hist The Ancient Parish of Glossop] accessed 18/6/2008 </ref> Equally the area we know as Glossop approximates to the villages that used to be called '''Glossopdale''', on the lands of the [[Duke of Norfolk|Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk]]. Originally known as a centre of wool processing, Glossop rapidly expanded in the late eighteenth century when it specialised in the production and printing of [[Calico (textile)|calico]], a coarse cotton. Under the benign patronage of the Howards and other mill owner families the villages became a mill town with many chapels and churches; its fortunes were tied to the [[Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution|cotton industry]]. Architecturally, the area is dominated by buildings constructed of the local [[sandstone]]. There remain two significant former cotton mills and the [[Dinting]] railway viaduct. Strong rivalry between various Christian denomination has left a legacy of chapels, churches and their associated schools in the town and associated villages of Glossopdale. Close to the county borders of [[Greater Manchester]], Glossop has good transport links to [[Manchester]], making the area popular for [[commuters]]. Glossop and the western area of [[High Peak]] fall within Greater Manchester's sphere of influence. <!--This section is now very long and may form the basis of a future article History of Glossop--> ==History== ===Toponymy and definition=== The name Glossop is thought to be of Saxon origin, named during the [[Angles]] settlement in the seventh century, and derived from '''Glott's Hop''' - where 'hop' could mean a valley<ref>http://www.cressbrook.co.uk/towns/glossop.php</ref>, a small valley in a larger valley system<ref> Hanmer, J., Winterbottom, D. (1993), ''The Book Of Glossop'', 2nd edition, Baron Birch/Quotes. ISBN 0860234843</ref>, or a piece of land enclosed by marshes <ref>Wilkinson, P. (Nov 1998), 'Finding Beowulf in Kent's landscape', ''British Archaeology'', Council for British Archaeology, York, Issue 39 .</ref> and 'Glott' was probably a chieftain's name. Because of its size and location, Glossop had many definitions. The village of Glossop is now called Old Glossop. Howard Town and Milltown gained importance. They were named New Town and then Glossop. Local government reorganisations had caused the Glossopdale villages to be promoted to a municipal borough and then have that status removed. Land has been added to Glossop and other lands removed. From a small settlement it became an ancient parish, a manor, a borough, and a township. Currently two county divisions in High Peak Borough, Derbyshire have Glossop as part of their names.<ref name=jigrah> [http://www.jigrah.co.uk/glossop/glossop.htm#hist The Ancient Parish of Glossop] accessed 18/6/2008 </ref> ===Roman and Saxon=== There is evidence of a Bronze Age burial site on Shire Hill (in [[Old Glossop]]) and remains at Torside. The [[Roman Britain|Romans]] arrived in 78 AD and found the area was under the control of the [[Brigantes]] tribe, whose main base was in [[Yorkshire]]. They built a road over the Pennines that descended into the Etherow valley along Doctor's Gate, and in the late first century a fort, [[Ardotalia]], on high ground above the river in present day [[Gamesley]]<ref>http://www.cressbrook.co.uk/towns/glossop.php</ref>. The site of this fort was rediscovered in 1771 by an amateur historian, the Rev. John Watson. It subsequently acquired the name ''Melandra Castle.'' The extensive site has been excavated, revealing fort walls, a shrine and the fort headquarters. The area has been landscaped to provide parking and picnic areas. ===Medieval=== The manor of Glossop was awarded by [[William I of England]] to [[William Peverel|William Peveril]] but later confiscated. In 1157 [[Henry II of England]] gave the manor of Glossop to [[Basingwerk Abbey]]. They gained a [[market town|market charter]] for Glossop in [[1290]] <ref>http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/derbyshire2.html</ref>, and one for Charlesworth in [[1328]]. In 1433, the monks leased all of Glossopdale to the Talbot family, later [[Earl of Shrewsbury|Earls of Shrewsbury]]. In 1494, an illegitimate son of the family, Dr John Talbot was appointed vicar of Glossop. He founded a school, and paved the Roman Road over the moors; this is known as Doctors Gate.<ref name="Annals">{{cite book|last=Davies|first=Peggy|title=Annals of Glossop|publisher=Glossop Heritage Centre|location=Glossop, Derbyshire|date=December 1999|pages=5,6|language=English}}</ref> At the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]] in 1537 the manor of Glossop was given to the Talbot family. In 1606 it came into the ownership of the Howard family, the [[Dukes of Norfolk]], who held it for the next 300 years. Glossop was usually given to the second son of the family. The land was too wet and cold to be used for wheat, but was ideal for the hardy [[Swaledale (sheep)|Pennine sheep]], so agriculture was predominantly pastoral.<ref name="Annals"/> Most of the land was owned by the Howards and was [[leasehold]] and it was only in [[Whitfield]] that there was any [[freehold]] land. The few houses were solid, built of the local stone, and allowed for the development of home industries like wool spinning and weaving. ===Industrial and civic history=== The medieval economy was based on sheep pasture and the production of wool by farmers who were tenants of the Abbot of Basingwerk and later the Talbot family. During the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century Glossop became a centre for cotton spinning. A good transport network between Liverpool and Glossop brought in imported cotton which was spun by a labour force with wool spinning skills. The climate of Glossopdale provided abundant soft water which was used to power mills and finish the cloth, and also gave the humidity necessary to spin cotton under tension. Initial investment was provided by the Dukes of Norfolk. By 1740, cotton in an unspun form, had been introduced to make [[fustian]]s and lighter cloths.<ref name=birch/> ====Mills==== The first mills in Glossop were woollen mills. In 1770, [[Richard Arkwright]] opened a mill at [[Cromford]] and licensed his system to other mills. In 1785, his patent expired and the number of mills expanded. In 1788, Britain had 120 [[cotton mill]]s of which 17 were in Derbyshire, principally in Glossop. By 1831 there were at least 30 mills in Glossopdale none of which had more than 1000 spindles. The mill owners were local men: the Wagstaffs and Hadfields were freeholders from from [[Whitfield, Derbyshire|Whitfield]], the Shepleys, Shaws, Lees, Garlicks and Platts had farmed the dale. The Sidebottoms were from [[Hadfield, Derbyshire|Hadfield]], the Thornleys were carpenters, John Bennet and John Robinson were clothiers.<ref name=birch/> [[John Wood (millowner)|John Wood]] of [[Marsden]] came from Manchester in 1819 and bought existing woollen mills which he expanded. These were the Howard Town mills. [[Francis Sumner (millowner)|Francis Sumner]] was a [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] whose family had connections with Matthew Ellison, Howard's agent. He built Wren's Nest Mill. The Sidebottoms built the Waterside mill at Hadfield. In 1825, John Wood installed the first steam engine and [[power looms]]. Sumner and Sidebottom followed suit and the three mills, Wren's Nest, Howardtown and Waterside became very large vertical combines.A vertical combine was a mill that both spun the yarn and then used it to weave cloth. With the other major families, the Shepleys, Rhodes and Platts they dominated the dale. In 1884, the six had 82% of the spinning capacity with 892,000 spindles and 13,571 looms. Glossop was a town of very large calico mills. In Dinting vale was the calico printing factory of [[Edmund Potter]], who in the 1850's printed 2,500,000 pieces of printed calico, of which 80% was for export. The paper industry was created by the [[Edward Partington, 1st Baron Doverdale|Edward Partington]] who as Olive and Partington, bought the Turn Lee Mill in 1874 to produce high quality paper from wood pulp by the sulphite method. He expanded rapidly with mills in [[Salford]] and [[Barrow in Furness]]. He merged with Kellner of [[Vienna]] and was created [[Edward Partington, 1st Baron Doverdale|Lord Doverdale]] in 1917. He died in 1925; his factories in Charlestown created nearly a 1000 jobs.<ref name=birch/> ====Religion and Benevolence==== [[Image:Glossop6192.JPG|upright|thumb|The Norfolks Lion]] [[Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk|Lord Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk]] rebuilt the old parish church in 1831, built All Saints Roman Catholic chapel in 1836, improved the Hurst Reservoir in 1837, and the town hall, where the foundation stone was laid on Coronation Day 1838. The [[Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway]] came to Dinting in 1842, but it was the [[Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk|13th Duke of Norfolk]] who built the [[spur line]] to Howard Town, so coal could be brought from the colleries at [[Dukinfield]]. [[Glossop railway station]] bears the lion- the symbol of the Norfolks.<ref name=birch/> Many of the street names and place names in Glossop derive from the names and titles of the Dukes of Norfolk, such as ''Norfolk Square'', and a cluster of residential streets off ''Norfolk Street'' that were named after [[Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk|Lord Henry Charles Fitzalan Howard, the 13th Duke of Norfolk]], the first Catholic MP since the reformation. <!--[[Image:Glossop War Memorial.jpg|thumb|upright|Glossop's Cenotaph in Norfolk Square.]]--> A two-storey Township [[Workhouse]] was built between 1832 and 1834 on Bute Street ({{gbmapping|SK043952}}). Its administration was taken over by Glossop Poor Law Union in December 1837. The workhouse buildings included a 40-bed infirmary, piggeries, and casual wards for vagrants. The workhouse later became Glossop Public Assistance Institution and from 1948 the [[National Health Service|N.H.S.]] Shire Hill Hospital<ref>Higginbotham, P. (2007), Workhouses of the Midlands, Tempus, Stroud. pp. 31-32. ISBN 978-0-7524-4488-8</ref>. The mill owners, Catholics, Anglican, Methodist and Unitarian, built reading rooms and chapels. They worked together and worshipped together with their workers. The Woods, Sidebottoms and Shepleys were Anglicans and hence Tory and dominated every vestry the only form of government before 1866. They built four churches [[St James' Church Glossop|St James's, Whitfield]] in 1846, St Andrew's Hadfield in 1874, Holy Trinity Dinting in 1875 and [[St. Luke's Church, Glossop|St Luke's Glossop]]. Francis Sumner and the Ellisons and Norfolks were Catholic and built St Charles's Hadfield and St Mary's Glossop. The smaller mill owners were Dissenters and congregated at Littlemoor Independent Chapel built in Hadfield in 1811, but they later built a further eleven chapels.<ref name=birch/> For decades there was rivalry between [[Edward Partington, 1st Baron Doverdale|Edward Partington]], his friend Herbert Rhodes, and the Woods and Sidebottoms. The Woods built the public baths and laid out the park. Partington built the library. Partington built the cricket pavilion, so [[Samuel Hill-Wood]]s sponsored the football club that for one season, 1899-1890 made the League Division One. He went on to be chairman of a London Club, [[Arsenal FC|Arsenal]]. He was MP for High Peak 1910–1929. Edward's son, [[Oswald Partington, 2nd Baron Doverdale|Oswald]] was MP for High Peak 1900–1910. Ann Kershaw Woods devoted herself to Anglican education and had schools built.<ref name=birch/> ====Cotton famine and industrial relations==== In 1851, 38% of the men and 27% of the women were employed in cotton; the only alternative employment was agriculture, building or labouring on the railway. Consequently the town was vulnerable to interruptions in supply of cotton or exports. The [[American Civil War]] caused the [[Lancashire Cotton Famine|cotton famine]] of 1861-4. The mill owners met together and put in place a relief program in which they supplied food, clogs and coal to their employees. Howard increased the workforce on his estate, and public works (such as improving the domestic water supply) were undertaken. They provided unsecured loans to the workers until the cotton returned. The relationship between the owners and men was one of paternal benevolence. They lived in the same community and worshipped in the same churches. The owners were the local aldermen, the church elders, and led the sports teams. In the [[Luddite]] and [[Chartist]] times and the period following [[Peterloo]], Glossop was virtually unaffected, which is surprising due to its proximity to [[Hyde]], a radical hotbed. In the [[John Doherty (trade unionist)#Doherty and trade unionism|4s 2d or swing strike]] it was incomers from [[Ashton-under-Lyne|Ashton]] that stopped the Glossop mills. The rivalry in Glossop was not based on class but on religious groups. <ref name=birch/> ===Modern (20<small>th</small> Century)=== The decline of [[Cotton-spinning machinery|cotton spinning]] has resulted in the closure of many of the town's mills. The Howard family sold the ''Glossop Estate'' in 1925 and donated large areas to the people of Glossop. Manor Park was the location of the family's [[Manor House]] and gardens. The recession of the 1929 hit Glossop very hard. In 1929 the unemployment rate was 14%, and in 1931 it was 55%. In Hadfield it reached 67%. National initiatives to improve the housing and employment conditions largely failed, and mills fell empty and decayed. Unemployment remained at 36% in 1938. The [[World War 2|Second World War]] changed this. Military stores, metals, machine tools, munitions, rubber and essential industries moved into the empty factories and left Glossop with a more diverse range of industries. In spite of the post war Barlow Report <ref name="Barlow Report"> Royal Commission on the Distribution of the Industrial Population (the Barlow Commission),1943</ref>and government intervention no significant employer moved into Glossop.<ref name=birch>{{cite book|last=Birch|first=A.H.|title=Small Town Politics, A Study of Political Life in Glossop|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=1959|pages=8-38|chapter=2|accessdate=June 2008}}</ref> [[Gamesley]] underwent considerable change in the 1960s, when a large [[council estate]] was built, mainly to house people from Manchester. These housing areas, called '[[Overspill estate]]s', were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester. ===Future Plans=== [[Image:Glossop6196.JPG|thumb|Henry Street Staircase realised through ''Glossop Vision'']] Glossop has been included as pilot in [[Liveability]] scheme, and has drawn up ''Glossop Vision'' masterplan for the improvement and gentrification of the town. This is being partially funded by the [[Heritage Lottery Fund]]. It aims to openup access to the Glossop Brook, coordinate developments in Glossop Town Centre, enhance the built environment and link the town to its wider setting. As such, the mills have become a retail development with housing, trees are to be planted along the [[A57 road|A57]] and the market square pedestrianised.<ref name="Vision">{{cite web|url=http://www.highpeak.gov.uk/neighbourhood/glossopvision/|title=Glossop Vision Links|publisher=High Peak Borough Council|accessdate=2008-06-27}}</ref> ==Governance== In the [[Local Government Act 1974|local government reorganisation of 1974]] the Borough of Glossop was abolished, and since then the two levels of local government are [[Derbyshire County Council]], based in Matlock, and [[High Peak Borough Council]] based in Chapel-en-le-Frith. Glossop was included in the "South East Lancashire Special Review Area" under the [[Local Government Act 1958]], and the [[Redcliffe-Maud Report]] of 1969 recommended its inclusion in a [[Greater Manchester|South East Lancashire–North East Cheshire]] metropolitan area. Glossop was not ultimately included in the Greater Manchester area established by the [[Local Government Act 1972]]. Local people voted to stay within the County of Derbyshire in 1973 (Sharpe 2005). The county council, originally based in [[Derby]], moved to [[Matlock, Derbyshire|Matlock]] in the late 1950s to facilitate easier travelling to the county hall from the northern extremities such as Glossop and the High Peak. For the county council Glossop is split between the divisions of Glossop South, Glossop North and Rural and Etherow. Glossop North and Rural also contain the old Charlesworth and Chisworth wards that were collectively known as St John's. Etherow division contains Hadfield North, Hadfield South, Gamesley and large sparsely populated Tintwistle ward, which was formerly in Cheshire. These boundaries were set in 2005. {| | valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" |- ! ! Division ! Holder |- ! style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | | Etherow | Cllr Dave Wilcox |- ! style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | | Glossop North and Rural | Cllr George Wharmby |- ! style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | | Glossop South | Cllr Roger Wilkinson |- |}<ref>[http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/council/councillors/default.asp| Derbyshire councillors.]</ref> At the district level, that is High Peak Borough Council, Glossop comprises these wards: Dinting, Gamesley, Hadfield North, Hadfield South, Old Glossop, Padfield, Howard Town, Simmondley and Whitfield. St John's represents the rural area that was formerly Glossopdale RDC and lies within the National Park. These were the wards used in the 2001 Census. {| | valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" |- ! ! Ward ! Holder |- ! style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | | Dinting | Cllr WHARMBY, Jean |- ! style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | | Gamesley | Cllr MCKEOWN, Anthony Edward |- ! style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | | Hadfield North | Cllr MANN, Victoria Elizabeth |- ! style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | | Hadfield South | Cllr FOOTE, Marie Melita |- ! style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | | Hadfield South | Cllr MCKEOWN, Robert Joseph |- ! style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | | Howard Town | Cllr WILKINSON, Jacqueline Margaret<br/>Cllr WILSON, Barbara June |- ! style="background-color: white | | Old Glossop | Cllr BELL, Ivan<br/> Cllr WEBSTER, Chris |- !style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | | Padfield | Cllr KAY, Peter James |- ! style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | | Howard Town | Cllr Tony Ashton |- ! style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | | Simmondley | Cllr CROMPTON, Matthew James Andrew<br/>Cllr HAKEN, John |- ! style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | | Whitfield | Cllr OAKLEY, Graham Nigel |- |}<ref>[http://www.highpeak.gov.uk/contact/councillor.asp| High Peak councillors.]</ref> Glossop itself does not have a parish council, but Tintwistle and St Johns are parished. The Member of Parliament for the [[High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)|High Peak constituency]] since 1997 has been [[Tom Levitt]] MP, representing [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]. His majority in the 2005 General Election was 735 over the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] candidate Andrew Bingham. {| | valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" |- ! ! Constituency ! Holder |- ! style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | | High Peak | Tom Levitt, MP |- |} ===Historic Glossop=== [[Image:GlossopMap.svg|thumb|A map of the different areas that have held the name ''Glossop''.]] Historically, the ''ancient parish of Glossop'' consisted, of the ten townships of the manor: Glossop, Hadfield, Padfield, Dinting, Simmondley, Whitfield, Chunal, Charlesworth, Chisworth, Ludworth and nine more: [[Mellor, Greater Manchester|Mellor]], [[Thornsett]], [[Rowarth]], [[New Mills|Whittle]], [[New Mills|Beard]], [[New Mills|Ollersett]], [[Hayfield]], [[Little Hayfield]], [[Hayfield|Phoside]], [[Hayfield|Kinder]], [[Bugsworth]], [[Bugsworth|Brownside]] and [[Chinley]]. Within the parish were the chapelries of Hayfield and Mellor.<ref name=jigrah/> <ref>Index of Probate Documents of the Ancient Parish of Glossop by Lee, Clarke & McKenna (Derbyshire FHS, ISBN 0947 964 26 6)</ref>. The ancient parish was in the Hundred of High Peak; it was about {{convert|16|mi|km|1}} in length and {{convert|5|mi|km|1}} wide, with an area of {{convert|31876|acre|km2}}. <ref name="White's 1857">{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Glossop/White1857.html|title=Glossop, Derbyshire:White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby, 1857|last=Wilson|first=Neil|date=2003|accessdate=2008-06-22}}</ref> Beard, Ollerset, Thornsett, Whittle later formed the town of [[New Mills]], while Hayfield, Little Hayfield, Phoside and Kinder joined the parish of Hayfield. The chapelry of Mellor included: Mellor, Chisworth, Ludworth, Whittle and part Thornsett.<ref name="Lyson's">{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Glossop/Lysons.html|title=Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire (Magna Britannia Vol. 5) Glossop - by Daniel and Samuel Lysons, 1817|last=Ayers|first=Barbarann|date=25 Sep 2007 |publisher=GENUKI|pages=165, 166, 167, 168, 169|language=English|accessdate=2008-07-09}}</ref> The ''Manor of Glossop'', was made up of the territory which includes [[Hadfield, Derbyshire|Hadfield]], [[Padfield]], [[Dinting]], [[Simmondley]], [[Whitfield, Derbyshire|Whitfield]], [[Chunal]], [[Charlesworth, Derbyshire|Charlesworth]], [[Chisworth]], [[Ludworth, Greater Manchester|Ludworth]] and the village of Glossop, now called [[Old Glossop]].<ref name=jigrah/> <ref>Book of Glossop by Hanmer & Winterbottom (Barracuda Books 1991, ISBN 0 86023 484 3)</ref> It had an area of {{convert|11308|acre|km2}}, of which more than {{convert|8000|acre|km2}} were classed as moorland.<ref name="White's 1857"/> The ''Municipal Borough of Glossop'' (1866-1974) contained the land within two miles of the Town Hall in Howard Town and a slither to the north bounded by the River Etherow, an area of {{convert|3052|acre|km2}}. It is cited as an example of a 'millocracy' as two thirds of the elected councillors were mill owners. <ref>British Political History, 1867-1990: Democracy and Decline.Malcolm Pearce,</ref> The remaining parishes of Charlesworth, Chisworth and Ludworth formed Glossopdale Rural District, which remained in existence till 1934 when they were split, Ludworth going into Marple RDC, Chisworth and the greater part of Charlesworth joining Chapel en le Frith RDC and the smaller part {{convert|271|acre|km2}} joining Glossop.<ref name=VOB>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10055416&c_id=10001043 Vision of Britain:Glossop]accessed 19/06/2008.</ref> The ''present community of Glossop'', is centred on Howardtown. <ref name=statmap>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaMetadata.do?areaId=5947754 Map showing Howard Town ward in it's 2001 context] Accessed 22/6/2008</ref> It is served by the Glossopdale Area Forum <ref name=hpdcaf>[http://www.highpeak.gov.uk/neighbourhood/areaforums/ High Peak Dictrict Council Area forums.] accessed 21/6/2008 </ref> and the Glossop Town Partnership. <ref name=gtpi>[http://www.glossop.com/tcp.htm Glossop Town Partnership] accessed 21/6/2008</ref> The ''previous hamlet of Glossop'' is now known as ''Old Glossop''. == Geography == Glossop is {{convert|184|mi|km|0}} north-west of London, {{convert|14|mi|km|0}} east of the city of [[Manchester]] and {{convert|24|mi|km|1}} west of the city of [[Sheffield]]. Glossop nestles in the foothills of the [[Pennines]], with [[Bleaklow]] to the northeast and [[Kinder Scout]] to the south. It lies on Glossop Brook, a tributary to the [[River Etherow]], in the area of peat moorland commonly known as the [[Dark Peak]]. The moors which rise to over 600m, are cut by many deep vee-shaped valleys known as cloughs, each formed by a stream known as a brook. The Shelf Brook passes through Old Glossop where it joins the Hurst Brook to form the Glossop Brook,which passed westward through Milltown, Howard Town and Dinting to the River Etherow, that runs south to join the River Goyt at Marple Bridge. Two other brooks that are notable are the Padfield Brook and the Gnat Hole Brook. {| align="right" |+'''Neighbouring towns and moors.''' | {{compass-table|place=Glossop |N = [[Holmfirth]], [[Tintwistle]] |NE= [[Bleaklow]],[[Woodhead, Derbyshire|Woodhead]] |E = [[Snake Pass]], [[Sheffield]] |SE= [[Kinder Scout]],[[Edale]] |S = [[Hayfield]], [[Buxton]] |SW= [[Stockport]] |W = [[Hyde]], [[Manchester]] |NW= [[Stalybridge]] }} |} The Shelf Brook leads from Shelf Moor on Bleaklow down Doctors Gate through Old Glossop to the Glossop Brook. It was used by the [[Romans]] for a road, and is currently a [[bridleway]]. The north slope of Holden Clough and the Hurst Brook is used by the [[A57 road]] known as the [[Snake Pass]]. The Snake Pass crosses the [[Pennine Way]] near Doctors Gate Culvert (512 m above sea level ) before descending to the east into [[Ladybower]] along the northern side of the [[River Ashop]] valley. Here a road leads east over Hallam Moor into [[Sheffield]], and south along the [[River Derwent, Derbyshire|River Derwent]] into [[Baslow]] and [[Matlock]]. To the north of Glossop, is Tintwistle and the [[River Etherow]] is the boundary. This is [[Longdendale]], and today it chain of reservoirs provide drinking water for Manchester. At the head of the valley is [[Woodhead]], where the road from [[Huddersfield]] joins the road to Sheffield, and a three mile railway tunnel brought the railway from [[Penistone]]. ;Geology Directly beneath Glossop lie areas of [[Carboniferous]] [[Millstone Grit]], [[shale]]s and [[sandstone]]. It is on the edge of the Peak Distinct Dome, at the southern edge of the Pennine anticline. The [[Variscan orogeny|Variscan uplift]] has caused much faulting and Glossopdale was the product of glacial action in the last glaciation period that exploited the weakened rocks. The steep sided valley of the cloughs cause significant erosion and deposition. The layers of sandstone, mudstones and shale in the bedrock act as a [[aquifer]] to feed the springs. The valley bottoms have a thin deposit of [[Boulder Clay]].The brooks are fed by the [[peat]]y soils of the moors thus are acid (pH5.5 - 7.0), this means the instream wildlife is dependent on food sources from outside the channel.<ref name="Glossop Brook">{{cite journal|last=Radcliffe|first=Gemma|date=2004|title=Management Plan for Glossop Brook|journal=University of Manchester, Masters Thesis|pages=54, 55|language=English|url= http://www.merseybasin.org.uk/projects.asp?docid=107&page=1&pagesize=10&confirmed=1&id=335.|accessdate=10/7/2008}}</ref> ;Climate Glossop experiences a [[temperate]] [[Oceanic climate|maritime climate]], like much of the [[British Isles]], with relatively cool summers and mild winters. There is regular but generally light precipitation throughout the year. Glossop has a history of flash flooding, the [http://www.btinternet.com/~liz_glossop/flooda.htm most recent] being in 2002 when High Street West was flooded to a depth of {{convert|1|m|ft|1}}, with climate change floods may become more severe and frequent. ==Demography== Glossop has been subject to frequent boundary changes, so different analyses can be made of the same raw datasets depending on how one interprets the 'equivalent' area, which may or may not bear the same name. {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;width:70%;border:0px;text-align:center;line-height:120%;" ! style="background: #99CCCC; color: #000080" height="17" | Year ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1801 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1811 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1821 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1831 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1839 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1851 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1861 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1871 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1881 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1891 |- Align="center" ! style="background: #99CCCC; color: #000080" height="17" | Population Glossop | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 3,625 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 4,012* | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 6,212 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 9,631 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 14,577 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 19,587 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 21,000 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 20,673 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 19,574 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 22,416 |- Align="center" ! style="background: #99CCCC; color: #000080" height="17" | Glossop and Charlesworth | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 2,759 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 4,012* | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 5,135 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 7,897 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 12,569 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 17,454 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 19,126 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 18,508 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 21,393 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 23,493 |- | colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;"|<small>'''Source:'''[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10054874&c_id=10001043&add=N A Vision of Britain through Time]</small><br/><small>'''Source:'''Small Town Politics, 1959, A.H.Birch. pub OUP</small><br/><small> * Data set includes Chisworth and Ludworth</small> |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;width:70%;border:0px;text-align:center;line-height:120%;" ! style="background: #99CCCC; color: #000080" height="17" | Year ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1901 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1911 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1921 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1931 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1939 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1951 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1961 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1971 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 2001 |- Align="center" ! style="background: #99CCCC; color: #000080" height="17" | Population | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 21,520 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 21,688 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 20,531 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 19,509 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | estimate 23,500 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 18,994 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 17,500 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 24,272 | style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 32,428 |- | colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;"|<small>'''Source:'''[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10054874&c_id=10001043&add=N A Vision of Britain through Time]</small> |} <ref name=VOB>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10055416&c_id=10001043 Vision of Britain:Glossop]accessed 19/06/2008.</ref> == Economy == Glossop was product of the wealth of the cotton industry. Glossop's economy was linked closely with a spinning and weaving tradition which had evolved from developments in [[textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution]]. Prior to the first world war, Glossop had the headquarters of an international [[paper#Papermaking|paper]] empire, the largest [[Calico (textile)|calico]] printworks in the world, a large [[bleach]] works, and six [[Spinning (textiles)#Industrial spinning|spinning]] [[weaving]] combines with over 600,000 spindles and 12,000 looms and two niche manufacturers: [[Millstone|grindstone]]s and [[Belt (mechanical)|industrial belt]]s. In the 1920, these firms were refloated on the easily available [[share capital]]- thus were victims of the [[stockmarket crash#Wall Street Crash of 1929|stockmarket crash]]. Their product lines were vulnerable to the new economic conditions.<ref name="birch"/> <!--Prior to [[deindustrialisation]] in the late-20th century, <!-- Modern sectors in the area include [[engineering]], [[packaging]] materials, [[dye]]ing and finishing, and [[ink]] production.-->The main street comprises a variety of shops, restaurants and food outlets. Glossop is located close to the border of the [[Peak National Park]], and to the east are the open moorlands of the [[Dark Peak]]. The local economy benefits from the many thousands of tourists who visit the Park each year and who use Glossop as the ''gateway to the Peak''. The town has a permanent [http://www.glossoptouristcentre.co.uk/ Tourist Information Centre], which is currently located on Henry Street, sharing the Glossop Heritage Centre. <!-- This section is under construction --> == Landmarks == {{see|List of mills in Longdendale and Glossopdale}} [[Image:Glossop6154.JPG|thumb|upright|Wren's Nest Mill being restored, with new retail development behind.]] [[Image:Glossop6176.JPG|thumb|upright|Howard Town Mill being restored]] ;Wren's Nest Mills Wren's Nest Mills on High Street West were built c. 1800-10, with further extensions in 1815 and 1818, the latter incorporating an octagonal tower. <ref>Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1986. ''The Buildings of England:Derbyshire''. pp 319-320. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071008-6. Page 219.</ref>The present building is a small part of the original complex, that in its heyday it employed 1400 workers operating 123,000 spindles and 2541 looms. It ceased trading in 1955.<ref name="Quayle">{{cite book|last=Quayle|first=Tom|title=The Cotton Industry in Longdendale and Glossopdale|publisher=Tempus|location=Stroud,Gloucestershire|date=2006|pages=126|language=English}}</ref> ;Wood's Mill, Howardtown Mills, Milltown Mills From a group of small mills at Bridge End, John Wood built a complex of mills. Bridge End Mill was originally built in 1782 as a fulling mill. Today one mill building is being restored, and the Milltown mills lie idle. <ref name="Explore ">{{cite web|url=http://www.peak-experience.org.uk/downloads/Explore_glossop.pdf?PHPSESSID=074d04f88b6509838d48f4c74ec80cdc|title=Explore Glossop Tours and Trails|last=Urqhart|first=Peter|publisher=High Peak Borough Council|language=English|accessdate=2008-07-11}}</ref><!-- more research needed here --> ;Town Hall Glossop Town Hall and Market House was designed in Italianate style by Sheffield architects Weightman and Hadfield. The foundation stone was laid on 28th June 1838, the Coronation Day of Queen Victoria. The buildings were opened on 10th July 1845. Cost of construction exceeded £8,500. The facilities included a lock-up with 4 cells heated by hot water <ref name="White's 1857">{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Glossop/White1857.html|title=Glossop, Derbyshire:White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby, 1857|last=Wilson|first=Neil|date=2003|accessdate=2008-06-22}}</ref> ;Dinting Viaduct. [[Image:Dinting6255.JPG|thumb|upright|Dinting Viaduct]] An accident occurred in 1855, when an MS&LR passenger train was stopped by signalling on on the viaduct at night. Two men and a woman mistook the parapet of the viaduct for the station platform at Hadfield, alighted from the train and fell 75 feet to their deaths<ref>Rivington, F. & J., (1856) ''The Annual Register or a View of the History and Politics of the year 1855'', Longman & Co. London. Page 149.</ref>. ;Parish Church of All Saints The present-day (2008) fabric of the parish church of [[All Saints]] is mostly of the 20th century; very little remains of the previous churches on this site. The first mention of a church in Glossop is in the charter of 1157 conferring the manor of Glossop on Basingwerk Abbey. Although the dedication of the church to All Saints may indicate an Anglo-Saxon origin, no trace of such a church has been found. The first recorded vicar is William, of 1252. At this time the church was probably aisleless. It was altered in the 15th century when the nave was rebuilt with arcades, aisles and a still extant (2008) arch at the east end of the north aisle. In 1554 a new and taller tower with a broach spire was built 3 feet west of the old tower, incorporating the east wall of the previous tower. The nave was completely rebuilt in 1831, with removal and replacement of much of the old fabric including the tracery of the aisle windows. The work was carried out by the firm of E.W.Drury of Sheffield, the cost far exceeding the initial estimate of £700. When the nave was rebuilt in 1914 it was discovered that the arch leading to the chancel had been partly made up of plaster, the wall supported by this arch had not been bonded into the existing chancel walls, and the "oak" roof bosses were also plaster. Between the pillars of the nave sleeper walls had been built to a higher level than the pillar bases. These walls appear to have been needed to counteract the effects on the church structure of a combination of excess drainage from the nearby hillside and the numerous burials inside the church. The pillars of the new nave of 1914 were superimposed on the bases of the old pillars, and the floor built up to cover the sleeper walls. The tower and chancel were demolished and rebuilt in 1853-55, the new tower also having a broach spire. The chancel was again rebuilt in 1923, completing the architect C.M. Hadfield's plan of 1914<ref>Pevsner, N.; Williamson, E. 1986, ''The Buildings of England:Derbyshire'', 2nd. ed., Penguin, Middlesex. pp 218-219.</ref>. The present church has a nave of 5 bays, 74 feet long by 48 feet wide, with north and south aisles, and a chancel of 40 feet by 20 feet with a north aisle dedicated as St Catherine's Chapel<ref>Parochial Church Council (N.D.), ''A Guide To The Parish Church Of All Saints, Glossop''., British Publishing Company, Gloucester. pp 5-17.</ref>. <!-- ;Roman Catholic Chapel 1836- Old Glossop ;Meths Howard Town 1845, ;Association Meths, Hall Street 1836, ;Primitive Meths 1836 --> ;Open Spaces Two public open spaces in Glossop have been given the [[Green Flag award]]. '''Manor Park''' is close to the town centre, and commands spectacular views of the surrounding countryside <ref name="Vision"/>. '''Howard Park''' was described by the Award organisation as "a good example of visionary layout from the Victorian era retaining many original features".<ref>[http://www.greenflagaward.org.uk/winners/GSP001338/ Green Flag Awards website]</ref> '''Harehills Park''', with its riverside footpath and mature trees has been identified by Glossop Vision as a strategic open space. The Park was donated by the 2nd Lord Howard of Glossop as a [[Great War]] memorial.<ref name="Vision"/> <center> <gallery> Image:Manor Park glossop 1.jpg|Manor Park's rose garden. Image:Glossop4797.JPG|Notice board at the North Road entrance to Howard Park. Image:Howardpark.JPG|Howard Park duck pond, taken in winter. Image:Glossop4808.JPG|Norfolk Sq. in the town centre (opposite the town hall). </gallery> </center> ==Transport== [[Image:GlossopStation4829.JPG|thumb|right|Class 323 Networker entering the [[Glossop railway station|Glossop station]].]][[Image:Glossop6188.JPG|right|thumb|Stagecoach bus on the High Street.]] ===Roads=== The main road through Glossop is the [[A57 road|A57]]. To the west, this road (with the parallel [[M67 motorway]]) leads to [[Manchester]], while [[Sheffield]] lies to the east, via the [[Snake Pass]]. The B6105 leads north then east, along the [[Longdendale|Woodhead Pass]] and eventually to the [[South Yorkshire]] town of [[Barnsley]] and the [[M1 motorway]]. [[Chapel-en-le-Frith]] and [[Buxton]] lie to the south, along the A624. ===Public Transport=== Public transport is coordinated by [[Derbyshire County Council]], with rail travel and some bus services being subcontracted out to [[GMPTE]]. '''Rail'''<br> There are regular half-hour train services from [[Glossop railway station]] to [[Manchester Piccadilly station]] and [[Hadfield railway station]] along the remaining stub of the former [[Woodhead Line]]. A user group, the ''Friends of Glossop Station'', are working to make the station more attractive and to encourage greater use of public transport. The trains operated on the line are 3 car [[British Rail Class 323|Class 323]] [[Electric Multiple Units]] built in 1992 - 1993 by [[Hunslet Engine Company|Hunslet TPL]]. '''Buses'''<br> There are regular bus services running to towns in [[Tameside]], to [[Buxton]], [[New Mills]] and [[Whaley Bridge]], and an infrequent service to [[Manchester]] via [[Ashton-under-Lyne]]. There are infrequent services running to other towns and cities such as [[Macclesfield]]. The majority of bus services in Glossop are run by [[Stagecoach]], [[Speedwellbus]] and [[Bowers Coaches]]. There are infrequent Sunday bus services to local tourist attractions such as [[Chatsworth House]] and nearby towns and villages. ==Schools & Further Education== It will be noticed that a large proportion of the primary education is provided by the faith schools. {| {{table}} | align="center" style="background:#cedff2;"|'''Primary Schools''' |- | All Saints RC Primary School |- | Charlesworth C of E School |- | Dinting C of E Primary School |- | Duke of Norfolk's C of E Primary School |- | Gamesley Community Primary School |- | Hadfield Infant School |- | Hadfield Nursery School |- | Padfield County Primary School |- | Simmondley Primary School |- | St Andrew's C of E Junior School |- | St Charles RC Primary School |- | St James's C of E Primary School<br><small>(formerly Whitfield Primary School)</small> |- | St Luke's C of E Primary School |- | St Margaret's RC Primary School |- | St Mary's RC Primary School |- | |- | align="center" style="background:#cedff2;"|'''Secondary''' |- | [http://www.st-philiphoward.derbyshire.sch.uk/ St Philip Howard R.C. Secondary School] |- | [http://www.glossopdale.org/ Glossopdale Community College]<br> |- | |- | align="center" style="background:#cedff2;"|'''Adult Learning''' |- | [http://www.glossop.com/virtual_glossop/education/gac.htm Glossopdale Adult Community Education]<br> |- | |- | align="center" style="background:#cedff2;"|'''Libraries''' |- | Glossop Library (Victoria Hall, Talbot Street, Glossop) |- | Hadfield Library (Station Rd, Hadfield) |- | Eric Read Community Library (Gamesley Primary School, Grindleford Grove, Gamesley) |- | |} <!-- Tried to put in one table (which looked alright in the preview page) but the formatting was wrong in the actual page --> ==Community Events== The Glossop [[Victorian era|Victorian]] Weekend, Glossop [[Carnival]] and [[Bank Holiday]] Markets are held annually in the town. The Victorian Weekend is the biggest weekend event in Glossop and was featured on the BBC's ''[[Songs of Praise]]''. The weekend includes many activities, including a Grand Victorian Costume Competition and a Shop Window Competition.<ref>[http://www.glossop.com/virtual_glossop/arts/vw.htm Glossop's Victorian weekend]</ref> Running parallel with the Victorian Weekend is Glossop [[Beer Festival]], run by [[CAMRA|The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)]] and featuring over 30 beers and a barbecue in Glossop's [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Club]].<ref>[http://www.glossop.com/beerfest/ Glossop's beer festival]</ref> In recent years, Glossop has become quite well known musically for staging [[jazz]] and [[world music]] festivals. In 2005 The Moon and Sixpence introduced the 5 daze in May festival to Glossop. Landlord Paul Keegan and Landlady Julie Gordon have now made this an annual event. Glossop has a range of other cultural activities including [http://www.glossop.com/virtual_glossop/arts/pfs.htm Peak Film Society], an innovative new film club. [[Glossop North End]], the town's then professional football club, was the first football side in the world to play in, and register its strip as, all-white in colour, well before [[Real Madrid]]. The club were members of the [[Football league]] between [[1898]] and [[1915]]. Glossop is one of the smallest towns in England to have had a [[Football League]] club. ==Emergency Service Provision== Calls for service in the rural areas usually increase during the summer as the population is boosted by approximately twenty million visitors each year to the Peak District and its surrounds. Winter weather on the high ground around Glossop and Kinder Scout can also cause problems for traffic and residents. State healthcare is provided for in Glossop and District by Tameside and Glossop NHS Trust. This [[National Health Service|NHS]] trust operates [[Tameside General Hospital]], a foundation hospital, in [[Ashton-under-Lyne]]. The trust serves two separate communities because there are no district general hospitals (hospitals with [[Accident and Emergency]] Department) within the borough of [[High Peak]], and patients would have to travel over 20 miles to another hospital within the county. The North West Ambulance Service provides [[emergency medical services]] for the town from its Chapel Street Ambulance Station. When Glossop was granted Municipal Borough Status in 1867, the Watch committee elected to implement its own police force. Glossop Police remained independent until 1947 when they amalgamated with the [[Derbyshire Constabulary]]. The police station on Ellison Street is staffed by statutory Police Officers from B Division of Derbyshire Constabulary. It has a custody suite, five cells and an incident room. There are also a team of volunteer [[Special Constables]] and six [[Police Community Support Officers]]. General [[Fire service in the United Kingdom|fire and rescue]] cover is provided by the [[Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service]]. Specialised search and rescue services are provided by the volunteer Glossop Mountain Rescue Team, part of the [[Mountain rescue in England and Wales|Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation]]. Their remit is to 'save lives in the mountains and moorlands'<ref>http://www.gmrt.org.uk/whatwedo.php</ref>. ==Twin Town== *{{flagicon|Germany}}[[Bad Vilbel]] ([[Hesse]], [[Germany]]) <br> '''Bad Vilbel''' is a [[spa town]] in the [[Wetteraukreis]] district of [[Hesse]], [[Germany]], 8 km northeast of [[Frankfurt]]. In [[1985]] ''The Glossop-Bad Vilbel Twinning Association'' was established. Its aims are: <blockquote> To promote and foster friendship and understanding between the people of Glossop and district and those of Bad Vilbel and district in Germany. To encourage visits by individuals and groups to and from the linked towns, particularly by children and young people, and the development of personal contacts, and by doing so to broaden the mutual understanding of the cultural, recreational, educational and commercial activities of the linked towns.<br/><small>Source: The Glossop-Bad Vilbel Twinning Association</small> </blockquote> In [[1987]] formal twinning ceremonies were held in both towns, with a tree being planted in Norfolk Square. The Twinning Association arranges for visitors to stay with families. <ref name =twin >http://www.glossop.com/twin.htm</ref> The two signatories of the charter were Cllr Catherine Holtom, the Mayor of High Peak and Herr Gunther Biwer , Bürgermeister of Bad Vilbel. == Literature and the media == Glossop is mentioned in the satirical book, ''[[England, Their England]]'' by [[A. G. Macdonell]]. The town and its fictional newspaper, the ''Glossop Evening Mail'' are described as the lowest rung in the journalistic profession. In ''[[The Meaning of Liff]]'', by [[Douglas Adams]] & [[John Lloyd (writer)|John Lloyd]] a ''Glossop'' is defined as a globule of hot food which lands on your friend's newly polished solid wood dining table, and in the radio show ''[[Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge]]'' the character "Lord Morgan" came from Glossop. The cult television comedy ''[[The League of Gentlemen (comedy)|The League of Gentlemen]]'' is filmed in neighbouring Hadfield. Students from Glossopdale Community College have appeared as extras in two shows. In one they were the audience to the Legz Akimbo theatre group in a play about homosexuality, and then they appears as German students on an exchange program with their teacher, Herr Lipp. <!-- Self promotion with padding *J. W. Mettrick & Son butcher's shop in the High Street featured in ''[[The Independent]]'''s Saturday 50 Best Food Shops listing of 16-22 September 2006 (at number 2). The panelists were [[Sue Lawrence]], one of Scotland's leading cookery writers; [[Dan Lepard]], Britain's top baker; [[Roopa Gulati]], Deputy Chanel Editor for [[UKTV Food]]; [[Lyn Hall]], acclaimed cookery teacher; and [[Mike Cook]], general manager of food importer and distributor [[R H Amar]]. The shop was also the 2005 winner of Best Local Retailer in [[BBC Radio 4]]'s Food and Farming Awards. --> == Notable persons == *[[John Aston, Jr.|John Aston]] (b. 1947) &mdash; former [[Manchester United]] footballer who currently lives in the town and works in the market. He won the European Cup under the management of [[Sir Matt Busby]]. *[[Bez|Mark Berry ('Bez')]] (b. 1964) &mdash; a British dancer and percussionist; member and the mascot of Manchester band [[Happy Mondays]]. *[[Eileen Cooper]] (b. 1953) &mdash; an English contemporary painter and printmaker best known for her stylised paintings of women or couples, often featuring animals (particularly tigers) *Blessed [[Nicholas Garlick]] (c. 1555 – 24 July 1588) was an English priest, martyred in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. *[[John Goodall]] (1863–1942) &mdash; described as soccer's first star player *[[Stuart Hall (presenter)|Stuart Hall]] (b. 1929) &mdash; BBC Radio & Television Presenter *[[Hilary Mantel]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (born 1952) is a novelist<ref>[http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth67 Hilary Mantel Biography at British Council site]</ref> *[[Paul Raymond (publisher)|Paul Raymond]] (b. 1925-2008) &mdash; a billionaire English pornographer, property developer and owner of the [[Raymond Revuebar]] strip club and several major English erotic magazines such as ''[[Razzle (magazine)|Razzle]]'' and ''[[Mayfair (magazine)|Mayfair]]''. <!-- *[[Andy Crane]] (b. 1964) &mdash; a television and radio broadcaster {{fact}} *[[Malcolm Hebden]] (b. 1940) &mdash; a British actor, best known for playing [[Norris Cole]] in [[Coronation Street]].{{fact}} *[[Shaun Ryder]] (b. 1962) &mdash; an English singer and songwriter; lead singer of Manchester band [[Happy Mondays]]. {{fact}} *[[Kathy Staff]] (b. 1928) &mdash; a British actress, best known for her portrayal of [[Nora Batty]] in [[Last of the Summer Wine]].{{fact}} *[[Dame]] [[Vivienne Westwood]] D.B.E. (b. 1941) &mdash; an English fashion designer largely responsible for modern [[Punk rock|punk]] and [[New Wave music|new wave]] fashions was born here<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923106/ Vivienne Westwood's biography at IMDb] accessed June 2007</ref>.-- but this is Tintwistle *[[Scott Wright]] (b. 1972) &mdash; a British actor, best known for playing [[Sam Kingston]] in ''[[Coronation Street]]'' and the winner of the 2002 '[[Rear of the Year]]' competition {{fact}} *[[Antony Booth|Tony Booth]] (b.1931) - a British Actor and [[Cherie Blair]]'s father.{{fact}} * Horror writer Joseph Freeman (b. 1979) - (also published as Joe Rattigan) has lived here, and used the area in his writing and photography. {{fact}} --> *[[Ludwig Wittgenstein]] (April 26, 1889 – April 29, 1951) &mdash; Lived in Glossop while studying and working at [[Manchester University]]. == References == {{reflist|2}} === Bibliography === Sharpe, N. 2005. Glossop Remembered. 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