Editing Glossop

{{Short description|Town in the High Peak, Derbyshire, England}}
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'''Glossop''' is a [[market town]] in the borough of [[High Peak (borough)|High Peak]], [[Derbyshire]], England, {{convert|15|mi|0}} east of [[Manchester]], {{convert|24|mi|0}} north-west of [[Sheffield]] and {{convert|32|mi|0}} north of [[Matlock, Derbyshire|Matlock]]. Near Derbyshire's borders with [[Cheshire]], [[Greater Manchester]], [[South Yorkshire]] and [[West Yorkshire]], between {{convert|150|and|300|m|0}} above sea level, it is bounded by the [[Peak District]] [[National Park]] to the south, east and north. In 2021, it had a population of 17,825.

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 [[manorialism|manor]] given by [[William I of England]] to [[William Peverel]]. A [[municipal borough]] was created in 1866, which encompassed less than half of the manor's territory.<ref name="jigrah2">[http://www.jigrah.co.uk/glossop/glossop.htm#hist The Ancient Parish of Glossop] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529154114/http://www.jigrah.co.uk/glossop/glossop.htm#hist |date=29 May 2008 }} Retrieved 18 June 2008</ref> The area now known as Glossop approximates to the villages that used to be called Glossopdale, on the lands of the [[Duke of Norfolk]]. Originally a centre of wool processing, Glossop rapidly expanded in the late 18th century when it specialised in the production and printing of [[calico]], a coarse cotton. It 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 with the local sandstone; a number of these, including [[Glossop Gasworks]], are grade II listed. Two significant former [[cotton mill]]s and the [[Dinting]] [[Dinting Viaduct|railway viaduct]] remain.

==History==
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===Toponymy and definition===
The name Glossop is thought to be of Anglo-Saxon origin, named during the [[Angles (tribe)|Angles]]' settlement in the 7th century, and derived from ''Glott's Hop''—where ''hop'' could mean a valley,<ref name="cressbrook1">{{cite web |url=http://www.cressbrook.co.uk/towns/glossop.php |title=Glossop &#124; Peak District Towns and Villages &#124; Staffordshire &#124; Derbyshire &#124; England &#124; UK |publisher=Cressbrook.co.uk |access-date=14 June 2008 |archive-date=21 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821204134/http://www.cressbrook.co.uk/towns/glossop.php |url-status=dead }}</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|0-86023-484-3}}</ref> or a piece of land enclosed by marshes<ref>Wilkinson, P. (November 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="jigrah2"/>

===Ancient===
There is evidence of a Bronze Age burial site on Shire Hill (near [[Old Glossop]]) and other possibly prehistoric remains at Torside (on the slopes of [[Bleaklow]]). The [[Roman Britain|Romans]] arrived in 78 AD. At that time, the area was within the territory of the [[Brigantes]] tribe, whose main base was in [[Yorkshire]]. In the late 1st century the Romans built a fort, [[Ardotalia]], on high ground above the river in present-day [[Gamesley]].<ref name="cressbrook1"/> The site of this fort was rediscovered in 1771 by an amateur historian, [[John Watson (antiquary)|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===
[[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.

===Industrial and civic history===
[[File:Tramway on Victoria Street, Glossop.jpg|thumb|250px|Victoria Street {{circa}} 1920 showing the electric tramway that operated until 1927]]
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 that 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 1774, [[Richard Arkwright]] opened a mill at [[Cromford]]. He developed the [[factory system]] and patented machines for spinning cotton and [[carding]]. In 1785, his patents expired and many people copied Arkwright's system and his patents, exemplified by the [[Derwent Valley Mills]]. By 1788 there were over 200 Arkwright-type mills in Britain.<ref>{{Citation |title=Nomination of the Derwent Valley Mills for inscription on the World Heritage List |publisher=Derwent Valley Mills Partnership |year=2000 |pages=28, 94–97 }}</ref> At the same time there were 17 [[cotton mill]]s in Derbyshire, principally in Glossop. By 1831 there were at least 30 mills in Glossopdale, none of which had more than 1,000 spindles. The mill owners were local men: the Wagstaffs and Hadfields were freeholders 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 and John Bennet and John Robinson were clothiers.<ref name=birch/>
[[John Wood (millowner)|John Wood]] of [[Marsden, West Yorkshire|Marsden]] came from Manchester in 1819 and bought existing woollen mills which he expanded. These were the Howard Town mills. [[Francis Sumner (mayor)|Francis Sumner]] was a [[Catholic]] whose family had connections with Matthew Ellison, Howard's agent. He built Wren Nest Mill. The Sidebottoms built the Waterside Mill at Hadfield. In 1825, John Wood installed the first steam engine and [[power loom]]s. Sumner and Sidebottom followed suit and the three mills, Wren 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. The [[Glossop Tramway]] was opened in 1903 to connect workers to the various mills along the main routes between Glossop and Hadfield.

The calico printing factory of [[Edmund Potter]] (located in Dinting Vale) in the 1850s printed 2½ million pieces of printed calico, of which 80% was for export. The paper industry was created by [[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 [[Sulfite process|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 1,000 jobs.<ref name=birch/>

====Religion and benevolence====
[[File:Glossop6192.JPG|upright|thumb|Norfolks' Lion]] [[File:Glossop - presbytery and RC church.jpg|thumb|top|right|All Saints' Roman Catholic Chapel]]
[[Bernard 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, built a primary school next to the church,<ref>{{NHLE|num=1384225|desc=Duke of Norfolk's Primary School and Schoolhouse|grade=II|access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref> and built the [[Glossop Town Hall|Town Hall]], whose 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 that coal could be brought from the collieries at [[Dukinfield]]. [[Glossop railway station]] bears the lion, the symbol of the Norfolks.<ref name=birch/> Many of the street- and placenames in Glossop derive from the names and titles of the Dukes of Norfolk, such as [[Norfolk Square, Glossop|Norfolk Square]], and a cluster of residential streets off Norfolk Street that were named after [[Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk]], the first Catholic MP since the [[English Reformation|Reformation]]. (His second son was created 1st [[Baron Howard of Glossop]] and was ancestor of the post-1975 dukes.)

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 they dominated every vestry, which was the only form of local 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]] sponsored the football club that for one season, 1899–1900, played in League Division One. He and his descendants went on to be chairmen of the London club, [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]. He was MP for High Peak from 1910 to 1929. Edward's son, [[Oswald Partington, 2nd Baron Doverdale|Oswald]], was MP for High Peak from 1900 to 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 the supply of cotton or the export trade. The [[American Civil War]] caused the [[Lancashire Cotton Famine|cotton famine]] of 1861–64. The mill owners met together and put in place a relief programme through 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 mill owners were the local aldermen, the church elders and led the sports teams. In the [[Luddite]] and [[Chartism|Chartist]] times and the period following [[Peterloo Massacre|Peterloo]], Glossop was virtually unaffected, despite its proximity to [[Hyde, Greater Manchester|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]] who stopped the Glossop mills. The rivalry in Glossop was not based on class but on religious groups.<ref name=birch/>

===Modern (20th and 21st centuries)===
[[File:Glossopmap1954.png|thumb|right|Map of Glossop from 1954]]
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 [[Great Depression|recession of 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 housing and employment conditions largely failed, and mills fell empty and decayed. Unemployment remained at 36% in 1938. The [[World War II|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 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|url=https://archive.org/details/smalltownpolitic0000birc|url-access=registration|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1959|pages=[https://archive.org/details/smalltownpolitic0000birc/page/8 8–38]|chapter=2}}</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.

===Plans===
[[File:Glossop6196.JPG|thumb|Henry Street Staircase realised through Glossop Vision]]
Glossop has been included as pilot in the Liveability scheme,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=270358 |title=High Peak Borough Council: round five update |publisher=Idea.gov.uk }}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and has drawn up the Glossop Vision masterplan for the improvement and gentrification of the town. This is being partially funded by the [[Heritage Lottery Fund]]. It aims to open up access to the Glossop Brook, to coordinate developments in Glossop town centre, to enhance the built environment and to 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 has been pedestrianised.<ref name="Vision">{{cite web|url=http://www.highpeak.gov.uk/neighbourhood/glossopvision/|title=Glossop Vision Links|publisher=High Peak Borough Council|access-date=27 June 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529060039/http://www.highpeak.gov.uk/neighbourhood/glossopvision/|archive-date=29 May 2008}}</ref>

==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.

==Geography==
Glossop is at the north-western extreme of England's [[East Midlands]] region, {{convert|184|mi|0}} north-west of London, {{convert|15|mi|0}} east of the city of [[Manchester]], {{convert|24|mi|0}} west of the city of [[Sheffield]] and {{convert|48|mi|0}} north of [[Derby]]. It nestles in the foothills of the [[Pennines]], with [[Bleaklow]] to the north-east and [[Kinder Scout]] to the south. It lies on Glossop Brook, a tributary of the [[River Etherow]], in the area of peat moorland commonly known as the [[Dark Peak]]. The moors, which rise to over {{convert|1960|ft|m|abbr=off}}, are cut by many deep V-shaped valleys known as cloughs, each formed by a stream known as a brook. Shelf Brook passes through Old Glossop where it joins Hurst Brook to form Glossop Brook, which passes westward through Milltown, Howard Town and Dinting to the River Etherow, which in turn runs south to join the [[River Goyt]] at [[Marple Bridge]]. Two other notable brooks are Padfield Brook and Gnat Hole Brook.

[[File:Glossop - Shelf Brook.JPG|thumb|top|left|upright=0.75|alt=Shelf Brook photo|Shelf Brook]]Shelf Brook leads from Shelf Moor on Bleaklow down Doctor's Gate through Old Glossop to Glossop Brook. The valley was used by the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] for a road, and currently contains a [[bridleway]]. The north slope of Holden Clough and Hurst Brook is used by the [[A57 road]] known as the [[Snake Pass]]. The Snake Pass crosses the [[Pennine Way]] near Doctor's Gate Culvert ({{convert|1680|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=or}} above sea level) before descending to the east to [[Ladybower Reservoir]] 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, Derbyshire|Matlock]]. To the north of Glossop is Tintwistle; the [[River Etherow]] is the boundary. Today, the [[Longdendale]] valley forms a chain of reservoirs that provide drinking water for Manchester. At the head of the valley is [[Woodhead, Derbyshire|Woodhead]], where the road from [[Huddersfield]] joins the road to Sheffield, and a {{convert|3|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on|adj=on}} railway tunnel brought the railway from [[Penistone]].

{{Geographic location
|title     = '''Neighbouring towns and moors'''
|Northwest = [[Stalybridge]], [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Hollingworth]]
|North     = [[Tintwistle]], [[Holmfirth]], [[Huddersfield]]
|Northeast = [[Woodhead, Derbyshire|Woodhead]], [[Barnsley]], [[Penistone]]
|West      = [[Hyde, Greater Manchester|Hyde]], [[Manchester]], [[Gamesley]]
|Centre    = Glossop
|East      = [[Snake Pass]], [[Sheffield]], [[Bleaklow]]
|Southwest = [[Stockport]], [[Marple, Greater Manchester|Marple]], [[New Mills]]
|South     = [[Hayfield, Derbyshire|Hayfield]], [[Buxton]], [[Derby]]
|Southeast = [[Kinder Scout]], [[Edale]], [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]]
}}

===Geology===
[[File:Geologyofglossop.svg|thumb|Schematic diagram of the rocks beneath Glossop]]
Directly beneath Glossop lie areas of [[Carboniferous]] [[Millstone Grit]], [[shale]]s and [[sandstone]]. Glossop is on the edge of the Peak District 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 valleys of the cloughs cause significant erosion and deposition. The layers of sandstone, mudstones and shale in the bedrock act as an [[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|year=2004|title=Management Plan for Glossop Brook|journal=University of Manchester, Masters Thesis|pages=54, 55|url=http://www.merseybasin.org.uk/projects.asp?docid=107&page=1&pagesize=10&confirmed=1&id=335.|access-date=10 July 2008}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</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 most recent being in 2002 when High Street West was flooded to a depth of {{convert|3|ft|0}}.

==Demography==
Glossop demographics were recorded as the following:<ref name="VOB3"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="border:0; text-align:center; line-height:120%;"
|-
!  Year
! 1801
! 1811
! 1821
! 1831
! 1839
! 1851
! 1861
! 1871
! 1881
! 1891
|- style="text-align:center;"
!  Population Glossop
| 3,625
| 4,012*
| 6,212
| 9,631
| 14,577
| 19,587
| 21,000
| 20,673
| 19,574
| 22,416
|- style="text-align:center;"
!  Glossop and Charlesworth
| 2,759
| 4,012*
| 5,135
| 7,897
| 12,569
| 17,454
| 19,126
| 18,508
| 21,393
| 23,493
|-
| colspan="14" style="text-align:center;"|'''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 Vision of Britain through Time]<br/>'''Source''': Small Town Politics, 1959, A. H. Birch. pub OUP<br/> * Data set includes Chisworth and Ludworth
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="border:0; text-align:center; line-height:120%;"
|-
! Year
! 1901
! 1911
! 1921
! 1931
! 1939
! 1951
! 1961
! 1971
! 2001
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Population
| 21,520
| 21,688
| 20,531
| 19,509
| estimate 23,500
| 18,994
| 17,500
| 24,272
| 32,428
|-
| colspan="14" style="text-align:center;"|'''Source''': A [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 Vision of Britain through Time]
|}

==Economy==
Glossop was a product of the wealth of the cotton industry. Glossop's economy was linked closely with a spinning and weaving tradition that had evolved from developments in [[textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution]]. Before 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&nbsp;spindles and 12,000&nbsp;looms and two niche manufacturers: [[Millstone|grindstone]]s and [[Belt (mechanical)|industrial belt]]s. In the 1920s, these firms were refloated on the easily available [[share capital]]—thus were victims of the [[Wall Street crash of 1929|stock market crash of 1929]]. 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 contains 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''.

==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]]
}}

==Transport==
[[File:02.06.21_Glossop_323228_(51231903110).jpg|thumb|[[Northern Trains|Northern]] {{brc|323}} at Glossop station]]
[[File:Glossop6188.JPG|right|thumb|Stagecoach bus in High Street East]]
Early private horse-drawn buses were first provided by the Glossop Carriage Company Ltd, and [[Glossop Tramway|an electric tramway]] connected Glossop with Hadfield between 1903 and 1927. Public transport in Glossop is now coordinated by [[Derbyshire County Council]], with the exception of rail travel and some bus services being provided by [[Transport for Greater Manchester]] (TfGM).

===Railway===
[[Glossop railway station]] is on the [[Glossop line]] between [[Manchester Piccadilly]] and [[Hadfield railway station|Hadfield]]. There are generally half-hourly train services, increasing to every 20 minutes during rush hour, along this 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andrewbingham.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=243:revamped-railway-station-impresses-andrew&catid=3:local-news&Itemid=4 |title=Andrew Bingham MP visits Glossop Station |publisher=Andrewbingham.org.uk |date=18 October 2011 |archive-date=20 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320225934/http://www.andrewbingham.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=243:revamped-railway-station-impresses-andrew&catid=3:local-news&Itemid=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friends-of-glossop-station.co.uk/news.html |title=Friends of Glossop Station |publisher=Friends of Glossop Station }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/glossopadvertiser/news/s/1466592_santas-on-track-to-deliver-the-goods |title=Glossop Advertiser |publisher=Menmedia.co.uk |date=1 December 2011 |access-date=1 March 2012 |archive-date=21 April 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421035123/http://menmedia.co.uk/glossopadvertiser/news/s/1466592_santas-on-track-to-deliver-the-goods |url-status=dead }}</ref> The trains operated on the line are three-car [[British Rail Class 323|Class 323]] [[electric multiple unit]]s, built between 1992 and 1996 by [[Hunslet-Barclay|Hunslet Transportation Projects]].

===Buses===
There are regular bus services running to towns in [[Tameside]], [[Buxton]], [[New Mills]], [[Whaley Bridge]], the [[Hope Valley, Derbyshire|Hope Valley]], [[Sheffield]]<ref name="sheffield_bus">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/transport/new-sheffield-manchester-bus-route-across-peak-district-could-be-countrys-most-picturesque-2973111 |title=New Sheffield-Manchester bus route across Peak District could be country's most picturesque |date=16 September 2020 |newspaper=Sheffield Star |first=Robert |last=Cumber |access-date=17 September 2020}}</ref> and infrequent services to [[Holmfirth]].

Bus services in Glossop are operated predominantly by [[High Peak (bus company)|High Peak]] and  [[Metroline Manchester]] (under the [[Bee Network]]) with the Sheffield service operated by [[Hulleys of Baslow]] and the Hyde service operated by [[Go North West]] ([[Bee Network]]).

===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]] and the [[Hope Valley, Derbyshire|Hope Valley]] lie to the east, via the [[Snake Pass]]. The B6105 leads north then east, along the [[Longdendale|Woodhead Pass]] (A628) and eventually to the [[South Yorkshire]] town of [[Barnsley]] and the [[M1 motorway]]. [[Chapel-en-le-Frith]], [[Buxton]] and [[Derby]] lie to the south, along the A624 and A6.

===Leisure===
The [[Peak District Boundary Walk]] runs along the eastern side of town through Charlestown and Old Glossop<ref name="boundary_walk">{{Cite book|last=McCloy|first=Andrew|title=Peak District Boundary Walk: 190 Miles Around the Edge of the National Park|publisher=Friends of the Peak District|year=2017|isbn=978-1909461536}}</ref> and the [[Pennine Bridleway]] passes the western side of town around Gamesley and Hadfield.<ref name="osmap">{{cite map|publisher=Ordnance Survey|title=OL1 The Peak District: Dark Peak area|url=http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=402650&Y=388150&A=Y&Z=115|scale=1:25000|series=Outdoor Leisure|isbn=978-0319240670|access-date=31 July 2012|archive-date=27 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527061320/http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=402650&Y=388150&A=Y&Z=115|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Schools and further education==
Primary schools:
{{columns-list|colwidth=33em|
*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 (formerly Whitfield Primary School)
*St Luke's C of E Primary School
*St Margaret's RC Primary School
*St Mary's RC Primary School
}}
Secondary schools
*[[St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy]]<ref>[http://www.sph.academy/ St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy], retrieved 1 April 2016</ref>
*[[Glossopdale School]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glossopdale.derbyshire.sch.uk/ |title=Home page |publisher=Glossopdale School |access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref>

Adult learning:
*Glossopdale Adult Community Education
*Glossopdale Sixth Form

Libraries:
*Glossop Library (Victoria Hall, Talbot Street, Glossop)
*Hadfield Library (Station Rd, Hadfield)
*Eric Read Community Library (Gamesley Primary School, Grindleford Grove, Gamesley)

==Sport==
Glossop is the smallest town in England to have had a team in the top tier of the [[English football league system]]. [[Glossop North End A.F.C.|Glossop North End]] were members of the [[Football League]] between 1898 and 1915; around the turn of the 20th century, they played in [[Football League First Division|Division One]].<ref name=glossopnorthend>{{cite web|title=Glossop North End History|url=http://www.nwcfl.com/clubhistory.php?id=12|access-date=8 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012011358/http://www.nwcfl.com/clubhistory.php?id=12|archive-date=12 October 2014}}</ref> The team now plays in the [[North West Counties Football League Premier Division]].

The town also has a number of sports clubs, including tennis, golf, rugby union, cricket, bowls, running, cycling and sailing at [[Torside reservoir]].

==Culture==

===Performing arts===
Partington Theatre is an amateur theatre with a 120-seat venue in the centre of the town. It runs six plays each season and was established in 1954. The building was started in 1914 and completed in 1917.

Glossop Improv is an improvisation group for adults, running drop-in workshops online and in-person.

Glossop & District Choral Society is a community choir founded in 1949 by Margaret Lomas.

Glossop Operatic and Dramatic Society was an amateur musical/drama society established in 1976.

===Community events===

Glossop [[Victorian era|Victorian]] Weekend was the biggest weekend event in Glossop and was featured on the BBC's ''[[Songs of Praise]]''. The weekend included 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] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202121420/http://www.glossop.com/virtual_glossop/arts/vw.htm |date=2 December 2008 }}</ref> The Victorian Weekend was discontinued in 2009 due to lack of local support.<ref>[http://www.glossop.com/vw.htm statement from GALA] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106014220/http://www.glossop.com/vw.htm |date=6 January 2009 }}</ref> Running parallel with the Victorian Weekend was Glossop [[Beer Festival]], run by the [[Campaign for Real Ale]] (CAMRA) and featuring over 30 beers and a barbecue in Glossop's [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Club]].

Glossop has a range of other cultural activities including Peak Film Society, a film club. Many other activities, including Glossop Folk Club take place at Glossop Labour Club. Also at Glossop Labour Club is the monthly Glossop Record Club, which holds vinyl listening sessions on the second Thursday of each month.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://glossoprecordclub.wordpress.com/ |title=Glossop Record Club |type=blog |access-date=8 May 2018}}</ref>

Glossop has a thriving indoor and outdoor market where a wide selection of goods can be purchased. The indoor market is open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, while the outdoor market is open every Friday and Saturday. The Outdoor Market is joined by the Local Produce Market on the 2nd Saturday of every month throughout the year.

The [[The Crown Inn, Glossop|Crown Inn]] [[public house]] at 142 Victoria Street, built in the 1840s, is on the Campaign for Real Ale's [[National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors]].<ref name=Brandwood>{{cite book|last1=Brandwood|first1=Geoff|title=Britain's best real heritage pubs|date=2013|publisher=CAMRA|location=St. Albans|isbn=9781852493042|page=31}}</ref>

==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.

===Hospitals===
State healthcare is provided for in Glossop and District by the NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board. Despite this, patients from the area use [[Tameside General Hospital]] located in [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], Greater Manchester because there are no district general hospitals (hospitals with an [[Accident and Emergency]] Department) within the borough of [[High Peak, Derbyshire|High Peak]]. The nearest hospital with A&E facilities within the county is located at [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]], some {{convert|30|mi|km|-1|abbr=off}} from the town by road.

===Ambulance and paramedics===
The North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) is the main ambulance service provider for the area, with an ambulance station based on Chapel Street. However, services are occasionally complimented and assisted by the East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) in times of high demand, or to assist with a major incident.

===Police and crime===
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 constable]]s and six [[police community support officer]]s.

===Fire service===
General [[Fire service in the United Kingdom|fire and rescue]] cover is provided by the [[Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service]]. Glossop fire station is based in the Charlestown area, just off the [[A624 road]].

===Mountain rescue===
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>{{cite web |url=http://www.gmrt.org.uk/whatwedo.php |title=Glossop Mountain Rescue Team – whatwedo |publisher=Gmrt.org.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622160804/http://www.gmrt.org.uk/whatwedo.php |archive-date=22 June 2008 }}</ref>

==Twin town==
Glossop is [[sister city|twinned]] with [[Bad Vilbel]], a [[spa town]] in the [[Wetteraukreis]] district of [[Hesse]], Germany, {{convert|5|mi|0}} north-east 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 Glossop/Bad Vilbel Twinning Association] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616034917/http://www.glossop.com/twin.htm |date=16 June 2008 }}</ref>
The two signatories of the charter were Catherine Holtom, the Mayor of High Peak, and Gunther Biwer, Bürgermeister of Bad Vilbel.

==Literature and the media==
[[Hilaire Belloc]] wrote about Glossop in a letter to a Miss Hamilton in 1909: "Do you know the filthy village of Glossop? It is inhabited entirely by savages. I tried every inn in the place and found each inn worse than the last. It stinks for miles. Rather than sleep in such a den I started walking back to Manchester with a huge bag...."<ref>Speaight, R. 1957. Life of Hilaire Belloc. Farrar, Straus and Company, New York. cited in Smith, J.H. 2008. The WEA in Glossop 1907–2007. A Branch History. Workers' Educational Association, Glossop Branch. Glossop.</ref>

Glossop is mentioned in the satirical book ''[[England, Their England]]'' by [[A. G. Macdonell]]. The town's fictional newspaper, the ''Glossop Evening Mail'', is described as the lowest rung in the journalistic profession.

In 2013, [[Old Glossop]] was used for filming in the [[BBC]] drama series ''[[The Village (2013 TV series)|The Village]]'', starring [[John Simm]] and [[Maxine Peake]]. The Parish Church of All Saints and the former Duke of Norfolk school building appeared in the series.

Local newspapers includes the ''Glossop Advertiser'' newspaper owned by the ''Manchester Evening News'', the ''Glossop Chronicle'', the ''Buxton Advertiser'', the ''Glossop Gazette'',

Regional TV news comes from Salford-based [[BBC North West]] and [[ITV Granada]]. Television signals are received from [[Winter Hill transmitting station|Winter Hill]] and the local relay transmitters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Winter_Hill |title=Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter|date=May 2004 |publisher=UK Free TV |access-date=7 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Glossop|title= Freeview Light on the Glossop (Derbyshire, England) transmitter |date= May 2004 |publisher=UK Free TV |access-date=7 November 2023}}</ref>

The town's local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Manchester]], Glossop Community Radio and [[High Peak Radio|Greatest Hits Radio Derbyshire (High Peak)]], formerly known as High Peak Radio.

==Notable persons==
*[[Andy Cannon]] (born 1996) – professional footballer playing for [[Wrexham A.F.C.]], lived in [[Simmondley]] and attended [[St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy]].
*[[Eileen Cooper]] (born 1953) – English contemporary painter and printmaker best known for her stylised paintings of women or couples, often featuring animals (particularly tigers).
*[[Nicholas Garlick]] (c. 1555 – 24 July 1588) – English priest, martyred in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
*[[Benjamin Charles Garside]] (born 1863) – Wisconsin [[machinist]] and [[People's Party (United States)|Populist]] legislator.
*[[Matthew Ellison Hadfield]] (1812–1885) – [[Gothic Revival]] architect, born at Lees Hall.
*[[Jeremy Heywood|Jeremy Heywood, Baron Heywood of Whitehall]] (31 December 1961 – 4 November 2018) – served as [[Cabinet Secretary (United Kingdom)|Cabinet Secretary]] to [[David Cameron]] and [[Theresa May]] between 2012 and 2018 and [[Head of the Home Civil Service]] from 2014 to 2018. Lived on Spire Hollin.
*[[John Vernon Lord]] (born 1939) – [[illustrator]] and author of children's books, such as ''[[The Giant Jam Sandwich]]'', and Professor of Illustration at the [[University of Brighton]]. His grandfather and father owned Lord's Café at 16 High Street West from 1901 to 1963.
*[[Hilary Mantel]] (1952–2022) – British novelist, short story writer and critic.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hilary Mantel, celebrated author of Wolf Hall, dies aged 70 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/23/hilary-mantel-author-wolf-hall-dies |website=The Guardian |access-date=23 September 2022 |language=en |date=23 September 2022}}</ref>
*[[Dan Money]] (born 1976) – British [[bobsleigh]]er who represented Great Britain at the [[2010 Winter Olympics|Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics]].
*[[Alisha Palmowski]] (born 2006) – English racing driver
*[[Paul Raymond (publisher)|Paul Raymond]], born Geoffrey Anthony Quinn (15 November 1925 – 2 March 2008), in [[Liverpool]] – English strip-club owner, publisher of pornography and property developer, widely dubbed the "King of Soho". The outbreak of World War II prompted relocation to Glossop where he was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers.
*[[Frederick Rowbottom]] (16 January 1938 – 12 October 2009) – British logician and mathematician. In set theory, a Rowbottom Cardinal is named after him.
*[[Andy Wilman]] (b. 16 August 1962) – co-creator and producer, BBC ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'', born in Glossop.
*[[Ludwig Wittgenstein]] (26 April 1889&nbsp;– 29 April 1951) – Austrian philosopher, stayed at the Grouse Inn in Glossop in 1908 while studying and working at [[Manchester University]].

==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Glossop]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://glossopgazette.co.uk/ Glossop Gazette]

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