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Norfolk Square and Town Hall, Glossop - Photo:
Alan Fleming
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It was the boom in the cotton
industry that led to the expansion of Glossop in
the 19th century. In just 100 years its
population multiplied sixfold. Set amidst
picturesque moorland, the town lies at the west
end of the famous Snake Pass which winds its way
to Sheffield. Close by is the Longdendale Valley
which formed part of the Royal Forest of the Peak
in the 12th century. Close by, a series
of man-made reservoirs still supply than 100
million litres of water a day to the city of
Manchester. Not far from here is Hadfield,
otherwise known as Royston Vasey in the TV comedy
‘League of Gentlemen’.
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