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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Glossop, mun. bor., market town, par., and ry. sta., N. Derbyshire, 13 miles SE. of Manchester and 185 N W. of London -- par., 40,134 ac., pop. 32,963; bor., pop. 19,574; 1 Bank, 4 newspapers. Market-days, Tuesday and Saturday. The town has rapidly increased in size durinng recent years. It is the great centre of the cotton mfr. in Derbyshire; it likewise has woollen and paper mills, dyeing and print works and bleaching greens. In close proximity to the town is Glossop Hall, seat of Lord Howard of Glossop.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "municipal borough, market town, parish, and railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Glossop AP/CP Derbyshire AncC |
| Place: | Glossop |
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