Glossop: Difference between revisions
→Schools & Further Education: separated into two wikitables due to formatting errors |
|||
Line 283: | Line 283: | ||
=='''Schools & Further Education'''== |
=='''Schools & Further Education'''== |
||
{| {{table}} |
{| {{table}} |
||
| align=" |
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Primary Schools''' |
||
⚫ | |||
|- |
|- |
||
| All Saints RC Primary School |
| All Saints RC Primary School |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| Charlesworth School |
| Charlesworth School |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| Dinting C of E Primary School |
| Dinting C of E Primary School |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| Duke of Norfolk's C of E Primary School |
| Duke of Norfolk's C of E Primary School |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| Gamesley Community Primary School |
| Gamesley Community Primary School |
||
|- |
|||
⚫ | |||
|- |
|||
| Hadfield Nursery School |
|||
|- |
|||
⚫ | |||
|- |
|||
⚫ | |||
|- |
|||
⚫ | |||
|- |
|||
| St Charles RC Primary School |
|||
|- |
|||
⚫ | |||
|- |
|||
| St Luke's C of E Primary School |
|||
|- |
|||
| St Margaret's RC Primary School |
|||
|- |
|||
| St Mary's RC Primary School |
|||
|- |
|||
| |
|||
|} |
|||
{| {{table}} |
|||
⚫ | |||
|- |
|- |
||
| [http://www.st-philiphoward.derbyshire.sch.uk/ St Philip Howard R.C. Secondary School] |
|||
⚫ | |||
|- |
|- |
||
| [http://www.glossopdale.org/ Glossopdale Community College]. |
|||
⚫ | |||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|||
⚫ | |||
|- |
|- |
||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
|- |
|- |
||
| [http://www.glossop.com/virtual_glossop/education/gac.htm Glossopdale Adult Community Education] |
|||
| St Andrew's C of E Junior School||Eric Read Community Library <br><small>(Gamesley Primary School, Grindleford Grove, Gamesley)</small> |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|||
⚫ | |||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Adult Learning''' |
|||
⚫ | |||
|- |
|- |
||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
|- |
|- |
||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| Eric Read Community Library (Gamesley Primary School, Grindleford Grove, Gamesley) |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|||
|} |
|} |
||
<!-- Tried to put in one table (which looked alright in the preview page) but the formatting was wrong in the actual page --> |
|||
=='''Community Events'''== |
=='''Community Events'''== |
Revision as of 15:30, 15 June 2008
Glossop | |
---|---|
Approaching Glossop from the north | |
Population | Expression error: "32,428 (2001 Census)" must be numeric |
OS grid reference | SK0393 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GLOSSOP |
Postcode district | SK13 |
Dialling code | 01457 |
Police | Derbyshire |
Fire | Derbyshire |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Glossop is a historic market town within the High Peak borough of Derbyshire, England. It has a total resident population of 32,428 according to the 2001 census[1][2]
Lying about 14 miles (23 km) east of the city of Manchester and 24 miles (38.6 km) west of the city of Sheffield, Glossop is close to Derbyshire's borders with South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, and Cheshire .
Glossop is described as "the gateway to the Peak District National Park" (from the east of the National Park) as it is surrounded by some of the most magnificent scenery of the Peak District.
History
Roman and Saxon
- See also Ardotalia
The name Glossop is thought to be of Saxon origin, derived from Glott's Hop - where 'hop' is a small valley and 'Glott' was more than likely a chieftain's name[3]. The area however was certainly inhabited long before the Saxons, as the Bronze Age burial site on Shire Hill (in Old Glossop) and the Bronze Age remains around Torside testify. When the Romans arrived in 78 AD the area was under the control of the Brigantes, a tribe whose main base was in Yorkshire. The settlement was known as Ardotalia. In the 19th Century the remains of a Roman-built fort, named Melandra Castle by modern historians. The fort was discovered by an amateur historian in the Gamesley area of the town. The fort was first built in the last quarter of the 1st century AD. It stands on high ground above the River Etherow. The main purpose of it was to subjugate the warlike tribes that existed in the area prior to their arrival [4].The extensive site has been excavated, revealing fort walls, a shrine and the fort headquarters. The site has been landscaped to provide parking and picnic areas. The area was settled by the Angles in the seventh century.
Norman
Glossop (as Glosop [5]) is mentioned in the Domesday survey completed in 1086 and ordered to be made by the Norman 'William the Conqueror' (William I of England). In the book, Glossop is referred to the town of "Glosop: King's land" as the area was confiscated from its Saxon Carl and incorporated into the Royal Forest of the Peak under the stewardship of William Peveril. This set back settlement and farming in the area for several hundred years, for farming and grazing of animals in the forest was forbidden, and much of the surrounding area was recorded in Domesday as 'waste'.
Medieval
In 1157 Henry II of England gave the manor of Glossop to the abbey of Basingwerke, which was based at Holywell in North Wales, and over the next 200 years the monks were responsible for steadily improving the agriculture of the area and encroaching on the royal forest. They also gained Glossop's first market charter in 1290 [6], and one for Charlesworth in 1328.
Middle Ages
In the early 14th century the manor of Glossop was leased to the Talbot family, later Earls of Shrewsbury, who retained it until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1537. In 1606 it came into the ownership of the Howard family - the Dukes of Norfolk - who held it for the next 300 years with Glossop usually being given to the younger son of the family and still to this day have been closely involved with the town ever since.
As a result of this many of the street names and place name derive from the Christian/Surnames names and titles of the Dukes of Norfolk. This can be seen most clearly near to the town's railway station, with Norfolk Square and a cluster of residential streets off Norfolk Street that were named after Lord Henry Howard, the 13th Duke of Norfolk (see diagram below):
![Diagram of the street around Glossop's railway station.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9b/Glossop_Duke_Street_names.jpg/220px-Glossop_Duke_Street_names.jpg)
Civic and Industrial History
The town was then based around Old Glossop and in the 16th and 17th centuries it expanded considerably as the wool and cotton spinning industries developed, and a number of old weavers' cottages can still be seen in Old Glossop clustered around the Old Market Square and Cross.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Glossop_War_Memorial.jpg/170px-Glossop_War_Memorial.jpg)
A two-storey Township Workhouse was built between 1832 and 1834 on Bute Street (grid reference 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 N.H.S. Shire Hill Hospital[7].
The town was incorporated at the Borough of Glossop in 1866 and around this period several fine buildings were constructed around the new centre of the town at Norfolk Square - the Town Hall and the Market Hall are primary examples of these.
The next expansion was powered by the machinery of Richard Arkwright and his son and since Glossop had a plentiful water supply the new cotton industry developed rapidly here in the late 18th and early 19th centuries - no less than 46 mills were built in this period, of which one of the first (1785) was Rolfes Mill in Wesley Street, which still stands opposite the school. The railway arrived in the 1840s - after a spur line was built by the Lord Henry Fitzalan-Howard, the 14th Duke of Norfolk - to complete a period in which the population of Glossop multiplied by a factor of six in less than 50 years. [8]
Modern (20th Century)
In the 20th century cotton spinning has declined and most of the mills have closed, the Howard family sold the Glossop Estate and donated large areas to the people of Glossop - Manor Park, the location of the family's Manor House and gardens.
Geography
Glossop nestles in the foothills of the Pennines, with Bleaklow to the northeast and Kinder Scout to the south. It lies on Glossop Brook, a tributary to the River Etherow, in the area commonly known as the Dark Peak. Glossop is the largest town within the borough of High Peak, and is very similar to other north Derbyshire towns in relation to its terrain and scenery.
Divisions and Suburbs
Dinting | Old Glossop | ||
Charlesworth | Padfield | ||
Gamesley | Simmondley | ||
Hadfield | Tintwistle | ||
Howard Town | Whitfield | ||
|
![]() |
![]() |
Economy
The open moorlands of the Dark Peak lie directly to the east of Glossop and it is not surprising that the town is often dubbed "The Gateway to the Peak". The town is skirted on three sides by the Peak National Park and provides a convenient stopping place for the many thousands of tourists who visit the Park each year. The moorland setting is a haven for walkers of all abilities.
The town has a permanent Tourist Information Centre, which is currently located on Henry Street, sharing the Glossop Heritage Centre.
Government and Politics
Glossop is represented by three tiers of government, European Parliament ("Europe"), UK Parliament ("national"), and a multi-tier "local" level with High Peak Borough Council ("district") and Derbyshire County Council ("county") providing the majority of public services. The villages of Tintwistle and Charlesworth have a further level of local government in the form of Parish Councils, which have certain limited powers.
Glossop is located close to the county borders of Greater Manchester, and boasts good transport links to the city of Manchester, making the area popular for commuters. For these reasons, Glossop and the western area of High Peak (including such nearby towns as New Mills, Whaley Bridge and Buxton) fall within Greater Manchester's sphere of influence. However, the area maintains a degree of separation from this conurbation due to its somewhat rural location, and upholds its own strong identity in terms of architecture, dialect and geology (e.g. buildings made of characteristic Peak District stone).
Local
Glossop has a two-tier local government, with a county council based in Matlock, namely Derbyshire County Council and a borough council based in Chapel-en-le-Frith, namely High Peak Borough Council.
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 to include it in a 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. Local people voted to stay within the County of Derbyshire in 1973 (Sharpe 2005). The county council, originally based in Derby, moved to Matlock in the late 1950s to facilitate easier travelling to the county hall from the northern extremities such as Glossop and the High Peak.
High Peak Borough Council
- See also High Peak Borough Council
The High Peak Borough Council is responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism.[9]
Derbyshire County Council Derbyshire County Council is responsible for education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning. [9]
|