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Glossop
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Glossop is a market town in the High Peak, Derbyshire, England, 15 miles east of Manchester, 24 miles northwest of Sheffield and 32 miles north of the county town, Matlock, near Derbyshire's borders with Cheshire, Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. It is between 150 and 300 metres above mean sea level, and is bounded by the Peak District National Park to the south, east and north. Historically, the name Glossop refers to the small... Show more hamlet that gave its name to an ancient parish recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, and then the manor given by William I of England to William Peverel. A municipal borough was created in 1866, and the unparished urban area within two local government wards. The area now known as Glossop approximates to the villages that used to be called Glossopdale, on the lands of the Duke of Norfolk. Originally a centre of wool processing, Glossop rapidly...
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