Old Glossop

Old Glossop is a parish village and the original part of the town of Glossop in the High Peak area of Derbyshire, England, about 15 miles (24 km) east of Manchester and 23 miles (37 km) west of Sheffield. The village is on the very edge of the Peak District national park. The town centre was originally this village, but it migrated to the west with the industrial revolution and the building of a planned mill town (originally called Howard Town or New Glossop) and the railway from Manchester to Sheffield and its branch to Glossop railway station just north of Norfolk Square.[1][2]

Old Glossop
Old Glossop is located in Derbyshire
Old Glossop
Old Glossop
Location within Derbyshire
OS grid referenceSK0393
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLOSSOP
Postcode districtSK13
Dialling code01457
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

Although High Peak Borough Council has now called a large area of Glossop "Old Glossop" for political ward reasons, the original parish boundaries cover an area with a population of about 1,100.

At the beginning of the 1900s the village had eight pubs, but there are now only three: the Bull's Head, the Wheatsheaf and the Queen's Arms Hotel. In addition, a microbrewery, Howard Town Brewery, is located in Old Glossop.

In 2013, Old Glossop was used for filming in the BBC drama 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.

See also

References
  1. Cooper, Glynis (2015). Glossop_in_the_Great_War. Barnsley: Pen and Sword. p. 1. ISBN 978 1 47382 171 2.
  2. History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby. White Francis & Co. 1857. p. 584.
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