Editing Glossop (section)

===Medieval===
[[William the Conqueror|King William I]] awarded the manor of Glossop to [[William Peverel]], who began construction of [[Glossop Castle]], but the entire estate was later confiscated. In 1157 [[Henry II of England|King Henry II]] gave the manor of Glossop to [[Basingwerk Abbey]]. They gained a [[market town|market charter]] for Glossop in 1290,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/derbyshire2.html |title=The Domesday Book Online – Derbyshire F-R |publisher=Domesdaybook.co.uk }}</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 packhorse route over the moors; this is known as [[Doctor's 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}}</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, Derbyshire|Whitfield]] that there was any [[Freehold (law)|freehold]] land. The few houses were solid, built of the local stone, and allowed for the development of home industries such as wool spinning and weaving.