Glossop, Derbyshire

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Glossop is a town in Derbyshire

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Glossop within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Glossop in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Glossop, mun. bor., market town, par., and ry. sta., N. Derbyshire, 13 miles SE. of Manchester and 185 N W. of London -- par., 40,134 ac., pop. 32,963; bor., pop. 19,574; 1 Bank, 4 newspapers. Market-days, Tuesday and Saturday. The town has rapidly increased in size durinng recent years. It is the great centre of the cotton mfr. in Derbyshire; it likewise has woollen and paper mills, dyeing and print works and bleaching greens. In close proximity to the town is Glossop Hall, seat of Lord Howard of Glossop.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Glossop Dale, township, Glossop par., N. Derbyshire, 18,432 ac., pop. 21,393; contains bor. of Glossop.

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