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GLOSSOP , a market town and municipal borough, in the High Peak. parliamentary division of Derbyshire, England, on the extreme northern border of the county; 13 M. E. by S. of Manchester by the Great Central railway. Pop. (19o1) 21,526. It is the chief
cotton
paper mills, dye and print works, and bleaching greens. The town consists of three main divisions, the Old Town (or Glossop proper), Howard Town (or Glossop Dale) and Mill Town. An older parish church was replaced by that of All Saints in 183o; there is also a very fine Roman Catholic church. In the immediate neighbourhood is Glossop Hall
District
supply system of Manchester, formed by damming the Etherow, a stream which descends from the high moors north-east of Glossop. The town is governed by a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. Area, 3052 acres.Glossop was granted by Henry I. to William Peverel, on the attainder of whose son it reverted to the crown. In 1157 it was gifted by Henry II. to the abbey of Basingwerk. Henry VIII. bestowed it on the earl
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