Glossop

:For another town of the same name, see Glossop, South Australia

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Glossop is a town in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, about 13 miles east of Manchester. It is to the west of the Peak District national park, and so falls into the Greater Manchester sphere of influence.

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It is mentioned in the Domesday Book and became the property of the monks of Basingwerk Abbey in North Wales. Later on, it became the property of the Dukes of Norfolk. In the nineteenth century it became an important cotton 'mill' town as part of the Industrial Revolution. One of the mills was owned by Edmund Potter, the uncle of Beatrix Potter.

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In the early part of the 20th century, the Glossop Estate was sold by the Dukes of Norfolk, and Glossop became a town in its own right.

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The town is twinned with Bad Vibel in Germany.

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The town is notable in sporting terms for having been the smallest town in England ever to have a professional football club. Glossop North End played in The Football League from 1898 to 1915, though they are now a semi-professional club playing at the ninth level of English football.

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Glossop also has a semi-professional cricket club, Glossop CC, which plays at North Road. Their professional for several seasons up to 2004 was Damien Eyre who moved to Flowery Field Cricket Club for 2005. For 2005 the club has an overseas amateur, Ben Pahl. Glossop CC is also a host to Derbyshire CCC's 2nd XI on occasion.

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Nearby, in Gamesley, there are the remains of a Roman fort, named Ardotalia by the Romans, but renamed Melandra by a 19th-century amateur historian.

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North of Glossop is the Longdendale valley, with a chain of five reservoirs and the Longdendale Trail, a long distance footpath.

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"Glossop" is defined in The Meaning of Liff, by Douglas Adams & John Lloyd, as being a globule of hot food which lands on your friend's newly polished solid wood dining table.

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Peak District: The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England, in the United Kingdom. Most of the area became the first national park in the nation. It is conventionally split into the northern Dark Peak, where most of the moorland is found, and the southern White Peak, where most of the popu...

Derbyshire: Derbyshire (pronounced 'Dar-bee-shur') is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of England's most attractive scenery. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of h...

England: :For an explanation of often confusing terms like England, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology)....