Editing Glossop (section)

==Governance==
[[File:Coat of Arms of Glossop Borough Council 1919-1974.svg|thumb|[[Coat of arms]] of Glossop Borough Council, granted in 1919. The arms became obsolete with the council's abolition in 1974.]]
In the [[Local Government Act 1974 (United Kingdom)|local government reorganisation of 1974]] the [[Municipal 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]] then 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]], with the residents voting to remain in Derbyshire in 1973.<ref name="sharpe">Sharpe, N. 2005. ''Glossop Remembered''. Landmark Publishing: London.</ref> 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 and Charlesworth (electing two councillors), and Etherow (electing one councillor). Etherow division contains Hadfield North, Hadfield South, Gamesley and the large and sparsely populated Tintwistle ward, which was formerly in Cheshire. These boundaries were set in 2013.

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.

Glossop itself does not have a parish council, but Tintwistle and St John's are parished.

The Member of Parliament for the [[High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)|High Peak constituency]] since 2024 has been [[Jon Pearce]].

===Historic Glossop===
[[File: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]], Whittle ([[Whitle]]), [[New Mills|Beard]], [[Ollersett]], [[Hayfield, Derbyshire|Hayfield]], [[Little Hayfield]], Phoside, [[Kinder Scout|Kinder]], [[Bugsworth]], [[Bugsworth|Brownside]] and [[Chinley]]. Within the parish were the chapelries of Hayfield and Mellor.<ref name="jigrah2"/><ref>Index of Probate Documents of the Ancient Parish of Glossop by Lee, Clarke & McKenna (Derbyshire FHS, {{ISBN|0-947964-26-6}})</ref> The ancient parish was in the Hundred of High Peak; it was about {{convert|16|mi|0}} in length and {{convert|5|mi|0}} wide, with an area of {{convert|31876|acre|ha|0|abbr=off}}.<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|year=2003|access-date=22 June 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425121610/http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Glossop/White1857.html|archive-date=25 April 2009}}</ref> Beard, Ollerset, Thornsett, Rowarth and Whitle 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 of 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 September 2007 |publisher=GENUKI|pages=165, 166, 167, 168, 169|access-date=9 July 2008}}</ref>

The Manor of Glossop was made up of the territory that 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="jigrah2"/><ref name="Hanmer">Book of Glossop by Hanmer & Winterbottom (Barracuda Books 1991, {{ISBN|0-86023-484-3}})</ref> It had an area of {{convert|11308|acre|ha|0|abbr=off}}, of which more than {{convert|8000|acre|ha|sigfig=1|abbr=off}} were classed as moorland.<ref name="White's 1857"/>

[[File:Glossop - houses on Church Street South.JPG|thumb|bottom|right|Church Street in Old Glossop]]
The [[Municipal Borough of Glossop]] (1866–1974) contained the land within {{convert|2|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} of the town hall in Howard Town and a sliver to the north bounded by the River Etherow, an area of {{convert|3052|acre|ha|0|abbr=off}}. 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 until 1934 when the parishes 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|ha|0|abbr=off}}—joining Glossop.<ref name="VOB3">{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10055416&c_id=10001043|title=Glossop MB through time. Census tables with data for the Local Government District|work=A vision of Britain through time}}</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 its 2001 context] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622105810/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaMetadata.do?areaId=5947754 |date=22 June 2011 }}. Retrieved 22 June 2008</ref> It is served by the Glossopdale Area Forum<ref name=hpdcaf>[http://www.highpeak.gov.uk/neighbourhood/areaforums/ High Peak District Council Area forums.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706040812/http://www.highpeak.gov.uk/neighbourhood/areaforums/ |date=6 July 2008 }} Retrieved 21 June 2008</ref> and the Glossop Town Partnership.<ref name=gtpi>[http://www.glossop.com/tcp.htm Glossop Town Partnership]. Retrieved 21 June 2008</ref>
The previous hamlet of Glossop is now known as Old Glossop.