Editing Glossop (section)

==Landmarks==
{{further|List of mills in Longdendale and Glossopdale}}
[[File:Glossop6154.JPG|thumb|upright|Wren Nest Mill being restored, with new retail development behind]]
[[File:Glossop6176.JPG|thumb|upright|Howard Town Mill being restored]]
[[File:Glossop Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1378168.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Glossop Town Hall]]]]
[[File:Dinting6255.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Dinting Viaduct]]]]
===Wren Nest Mill===
Wren Nest Mill on High Street West was built c.&nbsp;1800–10, with further extensions in 1815 and 1818, the latter incorporating an octagonal tower.<ref name=autogenerated1>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, which in its heyday employed 1,400 workers operating 123,000 spindles and 2,541 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|year=2006|page=126|isbn=0-7524-3883-2 }}</ref> A major fire in 1996 destroyed half the mill. The remaining half has been redeveloped into flats and retail units.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glossopvah.com/history.php?prop=180 |title=Glossop VAHeritage |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=Glossop Victorian Architectural Heritage |access-date=4 August 2022 }}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311091217/http://www.peak-experience.org.uk/downloads/Explore_glossop.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 March 2022|title=Explore Glossop Tours and Trails|last=Urqhart|first=Peter|publisher=High Peak Borough Council|access-date=11 July 2008}}</ref><!-- more research needed here -->
===Town Hall===
[[Glossop Town Hall]] and Market Hall was designed in Italianate style by Sheffield architects Weightman and Hadfield. The foundation stone was laid on 28 June 1838, the Coronation Day of Queen Victoria. The buildings were opened on 10 July 1845. Cost of construction exceeded £8,500. The facilities included a lock-up with four cells heated by hot water.<ref name="White's 1857"/>
===Dinting Viaduct===
The viaduct was built in 1845, and later reinforced with additional piers.<ref name=autogenerated1/> An accident occurred in 1855, when an MS&LR passenger train was stopped by signalling 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. p. 149.</ref>

=== Webster Bridge ===
Webster Bridge crosses Glossop Brook at a spot many locals call the 'Sandhole'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell-Green |first=Tim |date=23 May 2021 |title=Bridges |url=https://glossopcuriosities.co.uk/tag/bridges/ |access-date=12 December 2024 |website=The Glossop Cabinet of Curiosities |language=en}}</ref> It is a popular spot for local amateur photographers and is earmarked for improved access under Glossop's Active Travel Masterplan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Derbyshire Active Travel Masterplans (Belper, Glossop, Ilkeston) |publisher=Derbyshire County Council |url=https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/council/have-your-say/consultation-search/consultation-details/derbyshire-active-travel-masterplans-belper-glossop-ilkeston.aspx |access-date=12 December 2024}}</ref>

===Parish Church of All Saints===
{{main article|All Saints' Church, Glossop}}
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-Saxons|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 [[Arcade (architecture)|arcades]], [[aisle#Architecture|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 wall]]s 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, 25 yards long by 16 yards wide, with north and south aisles, and a chancel of 14 yards by 7 yards 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>
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===Open spaces===
Two public open spaces in Glossop have been given the [[Green Flag Award]]: Manor Park close to the town centre, which has views of the surrounding countryside, and [[Howard Park, Glossop|Howard Park]], which was described by the Award organisation as "a good example of visionary layout from the Victorian era retaining many original features". Glossop's parkrun takes place in Manor Park every Saturday at 9am.<ref name="howardpark">{{cite web|url=http://www.highpeak.gov.uk/culture/parks/howard/howard_park.asp|title=Howard Park, Glossop|publisher=High Peak Borough Council|access-date=21 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124001451/http://highpeak.gov.uk/culture/parks/howard/howard_park.asp|archive-date=24 November 2010}}</ref> Harehills Park, with its riverside footpath and mature trees, has been identified by Glossop Vision as a strategic open space, and was donated by the 2nd Lord Howard of Glossop as a [[First World War]] memorial.<ref name="Vision"/>

{{gallery
|Manor Park glossop 1.jpg|Manor Park's rose garden
|Glossop4797.JPG|Notice board at the North Road entrance to Howard Park
|Howardpark.JPG|Howard Park duck pond in winter
|Glossop4808.JPG|[[Norfolk Square, Glossop|Norfolk Square]], opposite the [[Glossop Town Hall|Town Hall]]
}}