1835 Pigot and Co`s Commercial Directory for Derbyshire
Glossop
with the townships of Hadfield, Padfield and Whitfield, the hamlets of Charlesworth, Howard`s Town and Neighbourhoods.
Glossop is a village and township, in the populous and extensive parish of its name, in the Hundred of High Peak; 184 miles from London. 50 N.N.W. from Derby, 25 N.W. from Sheffield, and 13 S.E. from Manchester. This village, which is one of great manufacturing consequence, is situate on a rising bank, springing from one of the deepest valleys in the Peak. The country around is very pleasing, and many of the views may be considered romantic: plantations abound in the home scenery, and the lands in the low grounds are fertile; but the mountainous parts are less productive. In Glossop and its vicinity there are upwards of forty establishments for the spinning of cotton, and the manufacture of various fabrics from that article; for calico printing also, there is an extensive concern at Dinting-vale, and wollen goods are made to a limited extent: there are, besides, two paper mills in the neighbourhood, at one of which (Dinting Mill), the article is manufactured by patent machinery. Coal is worked about three miles hence, and from these mines Glossop and the neighbourhood are principally supplied. Glossop is one of the stations appointed by the new Boundary Act, for receiving votes at the election of knights of the shire, to represent the northern division of the county. The duke of Norfolk is lord of the manor, and holds courts-leet at Easter and Michaelmas; at the latter period a constable and headborough are appointed in whom the government of the township is vested. Glossop is in the honour of Tutbury, and within the jurisdiction of a court of pleas, held there every third Tuesday, for the recovery of debts under forty shillings.
The church, which is dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient structure: the body has been rebuilt, and public worship was performed in it, for the first time after the repairs were completed, in September 1832. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the patronage of the Duke of Norfolk, and incumbency of the Rev. Christopher Howe. In the church is a monument, by Bacon, to the memory of Joseph Hague Esq. of Park Hall, near Hayfield, who bequeathed the interest of £1,000, towards clothing twenty four poor men and women, of this and some of the adjacent townships. Glossop Hall, the property of the Duke of Norfolk, is near the village; and at GAMESBY*, about a mile to the west, is Melandra Castle, the vestiges of a Roman station. On Wednesday, the 30th of July, 1834, the neighbourhood of Glossop was visited by a most tremendous tempest; the village appeared at one time, to be enveloped in one almost continuous blaze of lightning, while the thunder, pealing amongst the hills, was unusually loud and terrific, and the rain and hail poured down in quantities, of which no description can present an adequate idea: and overwhelming flood was the consequence, which swept down the valley with impetuous force, carrying devastation in its resistless course, and striking with dismay the inhabitants. The brook which waters Glossop, increased by streams from the hills, assumed a most appalling appearance, and rushing onward, threatened destruction to all erections on its banks, and to bridges which crossed it. Several mills received great injury; amongst which, Mr. John Kershaw`s factory at Hurst, sustained damage to the amount of upwards of £1000 : two young women and a child, belonging to these works, perished in the flood, and others were severely bruised. In addition to the mischief done to the factories and works, very extensive injury occurred to the fields, gardens, fences, roads and bridges, of which four were entirely destroyed. Such was the suddenness, violence, and rapidity of the torrent, that not only sheep and lambs, but hares, rabbits and even birds, were carried away by it; and it is said that some fish were caught on the turnpike road.
A fair, for cattle and various commodities, is held on the 6th of May. The entire parish of Glossop contained, by the census taken in 1821, 13,766 inhabitants, and by that for 1831, 18,080, of which last number 2,012 were returned for the township.
Hadfield is a village, in the township of Hadfield and Dinting, in the parish of Glossop, about two miles west therefrom. About thirty years ago this township was strictly an agricultural district, with a small population; but at the last census it contained 1,270 inhabitants.
Padfield is a township, in the parish of Glossop, about two miles north-west from that village. The cotton manufacture prevails here extensively, and has been the means of more than doubling its population in ten years, as, by the census taken in 1821, it contained only 499 inhabitants, and in 1831, 1,102.
Whitfield is also a township in the parish of Glossop, situate about a mile and a half north (sic - actually south) from that village, on the road leading to Chapel-en-le-Frith. Like the neighbouring townships in this parish, it is indebted for its consequence to the manufactories established within its limits. A school was founded, and endowed by the late Joseph Hague Esq. (before-mentioned) in 1779, and the school house was erected about 1786. A chapel, for Wesleyan methodists, is the only place of worship in this township - which contained at the last census, 1,734 inhabitants, having nearly doubled its population in ten years.
Charlesworth is a populous hamlet, about three miles south-west from Glossop, in that parish; it contains a place for worship for independent Calvinists, and a population (by the last returns) of 1,206 inhabitants, who are chiefly supported by the manufacturing interest.
Howard`s Town, once called Bridge End, is a hamlet in Glossop parish, one mile from that town. This is a thriving little place - called into consequence within a comparatively few years, by the erection of some extensive cotton manufactories. Here are two respectable inns, the `Howard`s Arms` and the `Norfolk Arms`. Population returned with Glossop parish.
Post Office, Norfolk Arm`s, Howard`s Town, Joseph Oates, Post Master - Letters from Manchester arrive every evening at a quarter past six, and are despatched every morning at six.
* Gamesby mentioned in the text should presumably be Gamesley
Robinson John, Howard`s Town |
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Adamson Rev. John, Charlesworth |
Schofield John, Rose green |
Ellison Thomas, esq. (agent to his grace the Duke of Norfolk) Glossop Hall |
Shaw James (and tallow chandler) Rose green |
Flovell Rev. Francis, Glossop |
Shaw Joseph, Glossop |
Hadfield Joseph, esq. Lees Hall |
Shaw William, Howard`s Town |
Harrison Rev. Thomas, Glossop |
Sheppard Abram, Glossop |
Hollingworth Mr. John, Glossop |
Sheppard William, Mill town |
Howe Rev. Christopher, Glossop |
Sheran Edward, Glossop |
Lees Mr. Robert, Padfield brook |
Smithies Henry, Symmondley |
Oates Mr. Benjamin, Cowbrook |
Sykes Jerry, Green vale |
Partington Rev. George, Whitfield |
Sykes William, Woolley bridge |
Thornley John esq. Chisworth |
Thorneley Joseph, Charlesworth |
Academies and Schools |
Thorpe Betty, Glossop |
Adamson William, Charlesworth |
Wagstaff Aaron, Mill town |
Fielding Joseph, Glossop |
Warhurst Thomas, Hadfield |
Garlick John, Whitfield |
Wilkinson Thomas, Glossop |
Grammar School, Glossop - Rev.Thomas Harrison, master |
Inns |
Hague`s Charity School, Whitfield - John Dearnaley, master |
Howard`s Arms, John Wagstaffe Howard`s Town |
Harrop Joseph, Hadfield |
Norfolk Arms, Joseph Oates, Howard`s Town |
Nutter John, Glossop |
Joiners &c |
Winterbottom Robert, Glossop |
Ashworth John, Glossop |
Bank |
Bradbury John, Charlesworth |
Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company (branch of) Howard`s Town-Saml Bolton Tomlins, manager-(open on Saturdays only-draw on Smith, Payne and Co. London) |
Gee Thomas, Charlesworth |
Blacksmiths |
Thorpe Betty, Glossop |
Bennett John & Jos. Charlesworth |
Warhurst James, Hadfield |
Bennett Joseph, Charlesworth |
Linen Drapers |
Bennett Robert, Rose green |
Heeney Michael, Hadfield |
Bennett Thomas, Glossop |
Howe Thomas, Howard`s Town |
Bennett William, Charlesworth |
Robinson Joseph, Howard`s Town |
Calow Joseph, Mill town |
Taylor Edwin, Rose green |
Dawson Robert, Dinting bridge |
Manufacturers - Various |
Dewsnap Thomas, Hadfield |
Bosley, Smith and Bosley(silk) Glossop |
Greaves Benjamin, Howard`s Town |
Lees Henry(by power) Wooley bridge |
Jackson Michael, Rose green |
Robinson Geo.(woollen) Primrose |
Marshall Robert, Symmondley |
Robinson Jos. (woollen) Gnat hole |
Pickford Samuel, Chunal |
Sidebottom John and William and Co. (by power) Waterside, near Mottram |
Rhodes John, Howard`s Town |
Wood John (by power) Howard`s Town mill |
Boot and Shoe Makers |
Painters, Plumbers and Glaziers |
Alsop John, Glossop |
Hegginbottom Jos. Howard`s Town |
Collier James, Rose green |
Hegginbottom Joseph, Charlesworth |
Cooper John, Holehouse |
Predary Charles, Charlesworth |
Cooper Moses, Green vale |
Wagstaff Aaron, Mill Town |
Dearnley William, Hadfield |
Warhurst John, Hadfield |
Fielding William, Hadfield |
Paper Makers |
Harrison John, Glossop |
Bennett John & Joseph, Turn lee |
Jackson John, Charlesworth |
Oliver Samuel (by patent machinery) Dinting Mill |
Pickford John, Padfield |
Scale Board Makers |
Raworth Thomas, Glossop |
Bennet John & Joseph, Turn lee |
Scholes George, Foxholes |
Wagstaff Charles, Glossop |
Shepley Thomas, Charlesworth |
Straw Hat Makers |
Sheppard James, Howard`s Town |
Knott Nathaniel, Mill town |
Sheppard William, Mill Town |
Platt Mary and Sarah, Rose green |
Taylor Thomas, Howard`s Town |
Surgeons |
Wood George, Mill Town |
Begley William Chapman, Mill town |
Butchers |
Bowden John, Glossop |
Booth Thomas, Charlesworth |
Eastham Thomas, Hadfield |
Booth William, Symmondley |
Hunt William, Charlesworth |
Bray Henry, Hadfield |
Jones Henry William, Hadfield |
Broadbent Samuel, Padfield |
Rusby John, Mill town |
Collier James, Howard`s Town |
Tailors |
Goddard Samuel, Charlesworth |
Blunt Joseph, Hadfield |
Hall John, Charlesworth |
Booth John, Howard`s Town |
Moss John, Hadfield |
Bowden James, Glossop |
Newton Richard, Hadfield |
Dewsnap Valentine, Glossop |
Pott John, Howard`s Town |
Dixon William, Charlesworth |
Robinson Joseph, Howard`s Town |
Gill Charles, Hadfield |
Shaw Robert, Glossop |
Goodwin Thomas, Charlestown |
Thorneley Joseph, Charlesworth |
Hall Aaron, Howard`s Town |
Wagstaffe Robert, Howard`s Town |
Hall James, Glossop |
Calico Printers |
Neild George, Holehouse |
Potter Charles and Edward and Co. (assignees of) Dinting vale |
Taylor Edwin (& draper) Rose green |
Cotton Banding Makers |
Wrigley Thomas, Howard`s Town |
Booth George, Holehouse |
Taverns and Public Houses |
Harrison John, Woodseats |
Anchor, John Garlick, Hadfield |
Rowbotham James, Chew wood |
Bull`s Head, John Hall, Charlesworth |
Cotton Spinners |
Bull`s Head, James Platt, Glossop |
Barber John and Co. Shepley mill |
George & Dragon, Martha Booth, Charlesworth |
Barber William, Padfield brook |
Grey Mare, George Brockelhurst, Charlesworth |
Bennett John & Joseph, Turnlee |
Hare & Hounds, Jos. Hadfield, Glossop |
Bowden John, Holehouse |
Horse Shoe, Jos.Bennett, Charlesworth |
Cooper Joseph, Holehouse |
Horse Shoe, Samuel Pickford, Chunal |
Hadfield & Wilkinson, Croden brook, Ches. |
Junction, Thomas Preston, Green vale |
Hadfield William, Cowbrook |
King`sArmsSamuelCooper Chew wood |
Harrison Benjamin, Kinder lee |
Royal Oak, Joshua Shepley, Cock road |
Howard Joseph, Bridge field |
Spinners`Arms,Jonathan Shaw Hadfield |
Kershaw James, Charlestown |
Spread Eagle, Ths.Bowden,Woolley br |
Kershaw John, jun. Hurst mill |
Retailers of Beer |
Lees Henry, Woolley bridge |
Barber Mary, Padfield |
Lees John, Padfield brook |
Bradbury George, Charlestown |
Marsland Samuel and Henry, Broadbottom bridge, near Mottram |
Cooper Wright, Green vale |
Platt George, Padfield |
Crowther Mary, Woolley bridge |
Platt William & Thomas, Hadfield lodge |
Dewsnap Joseph, Woolley bridge |
Robinson and Hadfield, Glossop |
Dewsnap Robert, Glossop |
Rusby and Linney, Mill town |
Dewsnap William, Green vale |
Shepley Robert, Glossop |
Ford John, Howard`s town |
Shepley Samuel, Brookfield |
Hacking Thomas, Woolley bridge |
Sidebottom John & William & Co. Waterside, near Mottram, Cheshire |
Hall John, Whitfield |
Sumner Francis, Wren nest mill |
Hampson Jordan, Mill town |
Wardlow Wm, Bank Wood mill nr Mottram |
Hampson Robert, Hadfield |
Waterhouse Benjamin, Glossop |
Harrop Thomas, Howard`s town |
Wood John, Howard`s Town mill |
Jackson James, Charlesworth |
Dress Makers |
Knott John, Glossop |
Harrop Ellen, Woolley bridge |
Linney Betty, Mill town |
Parr Ellen, Howard`s Town |
Priestnall William, Charlestown |
Druggists |
Robinson James, Whitfield |
Booth John, Howard`s Town |
Rolley John, Hadfield |
Braddock Thomas, Green vale |
Schofield John, Rose green |
Jackson William, Howard`s Town |
Shaw Ellen, Chunal |
Kinder Robert, Howard`s Town |
Siddall John, Green vale |
Grocers and Dealers in Sundries |
Wagstaffe Robert, Howard`s town |
Alsop John, Mill town |
Wait Joseph, Glossop |
Bancroft William, Charlesworth |
Wilde Robert, Glossop |
Barber Samuel, Howard`s Town |
Wood Ellen, Padfield |
Barber William, Padfield |
Woolley John, Howard`s town |
Bennett George, Whitfield |
Tin-Plate Workers |
Booth Abraham, Symmondley |
Hegginbottom Jos. Howard`s Town |
Booth John, Holehouse |
Lawton Caleb, Glossop |
Booth John, Howard`s Town |
Wait Joseph, Glossop |
Bowden George, Glossop |
Wheelwrights |
Bradbury John, Charlesworth |
Beard Joseph, Charlesworth |
Braddock Thomas, Green vale |
Bennett Samuel, Dinting lodge |
Bray Henry, Hadfield |
Cockayne Samuel, Mill town |
Brocklehurst George, Charlesworth |
Fielding Thomas, Whitfield |
Buckley Robert, Charlestown |
Longden Nathan, Padfield |
Collier Samuel, Howard`s Town |
Miscellaneous |
Cooper James, Glossop |
Aveson Robert, corn miller, Mill town |
Cooper Joseph, Whitfield |
Bennett George Cresswell, roller coverer, Mill town |
Dewsnap James, Hadfield |
Booth Jas.machine maker, Charlesworth |
Fielding Jerry, Green vale |
BroadbentAbraham,cottondblr,Glossop |
Garlick Thomas, Howard`s Town |
Collier Thos. watch &c maker Howard`s Town |
Garside John, Woolley bridge |
Dawson Josephus, slater & plasterer, Charlesworth |
Goddard John, Waterside |
Hampson Charles, cooper, Rose green |
Goddard Samuel, Charlesworth |
Hardman Jas.saddler&cHoward`sTown |
Goodison Esther, Glossop |
Kinder Edwin, warve maker, Glossop |
Hadfield John, Hadfield |
Langstaff Thomas, cotton waste dealer, Rose green |
Hadfield Martha, Hadfield |
Lee Levi, wood skewer maker, Glossop |
Hall James, Glossop |
Ovens Thomas, hatter, Howard`s Town |
Hall William, Glossop |
Preston Thomas, auctioneer, Green vale |
Harrison James, Kinder lee |
Rhodes John vety surgeon Howard`s T |
Harrop James, Glossop |
Shaw John, inventor and maker of valve trumpets & horns, Mill town |
Harrop James, Glossop |
Shepley Joseph, tanner, Charlesworth |
Harrop Joseph, Green vale |
Shepley Saml.currier&cHoward`s Town |
Heeney Michael, Hadfield |
Sheppard Abram, bookseller &c Glossop |
Irlam John, Howard`s Town |
Thorneley John, coal prop. Holehouse |
Jackson James, Charlesworth |
White George stone merchant, Whitfield |
Lee Isaiah, Glossop |
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Lees John, Padfield |
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Massey Daniel, Mill town |
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Platt John, Brookfield |
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Robinson James, Whitfield |
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Robinson James, Glossop |
COACHES to MANCHESTER, the Royal Mail, from the Norfolk Arms, every morning at six - the Umpire (from Sheffield) calls at the same Inn, every afternoon at half-past one - and the Regulator, every evening at half-past seven; all go through Mottram, Stalybridge, Ashton &c.. To SHEFFIELD, the Regulator (from Manchester) calls at the Norfolk Arms, every forenoon at eleven - and the Umpire, every afternoon at half-past one. CARRIERS From GLOSSOP when not otherwise expressed. To MANCHESTER, Ann Johnson, daily - Thomas Knott, every Tues. Thurs. and Saturday - John Burgess & James Harrop, every Tuesday and Saturday and Jasper Warhurst and Simeon Lee from Hadfield, every Tuesday and Sat. To SHEFFIELD, Ann Johnson, daily To STOCKPORT, Henry Sheppard, every Friday - and William Sheppard, every Tuesday and Friday