Glossop

Glossop nestles in the foothills of the Pennines, with Bleaklow to the northeast and Kinder Scout to the south. Glossop is about 13 miles north of Buxton and 13 miles east of the city of Manchester with a direct rail link to that city.

This town in The Peak District has its roots deep in English history, possessing evidence of occupation during Roman, Saxon, Norman and medieval times. Melandra the most northerly of the three Roman forts in Derbyshire, was situated here.

Old Glossop is the name given to the original old town on the eastern side of Glossop which itself was formerly called Howard Town. This is an attractive area with some fine 17th and 18th century cottages clustered around the Market Square and Cross. The parish church of All Saints is medieval in origin but little remains of the old church. The west tower dates from 1853 and the nave from 1915.

Glossop Hall and much of the town was part of the estate of the Dukes of Norfolk. In the last century it became the property of Lord Edward FitzalanHoward, second son of the 13th Duke. He was an M.P. and Vice Chamberlain to Queen Vimoria and was created Lord Howard of Glossop. His great-grandson is the 17th Duke of Norfolk.

The town is now industrial and residential and surrounded by a belt of arable and pasture land to the edge of the moors. From almost every quarter wide panoramic prospects of mountains and moor are visible.