Post Office Derbyshire Directory 1849
Entries for the Glossop area.
GLOSSOP,
with CHARLESWORTH, CHISWORTH, CHUNALL, DINTING, HADFIELD, LUDWORTH,
PADFIELD, SIMMONDLEY, and WHITFIELD.
Glossop is a large parish, Union, market-town, and railway station, distant
13 miles east from Manchester, 7½
east from Ashton, 30 north-west from Sheffield, and 201¼
miles from London by Manchester, and 207 by Sheffield, in the Hundred
of High Peak and Union of Glossop, diocese of Lichfield. The living
is a vicarage, in the gift of the Duke of Norfolk; the Rev.
Christopher Howe, incumbent.: the Rev. John Stone, B.A., curate. The
church of All Saints is a neat and substantial building, the body was
rebuilt about 1836, with a spire containing 6 bells. There are two
Dissenting chapels, namely, for Wesleyans and Warrenites, and a Roman
Catholic church. The gentlemen’s seats are Glossop Hall, the
occasional residence of the Duke of Norfolk, and Lees Hall, occupied
by Mr. Hadfleld. The market day is on Tuesday; the fairs are held on
the 6th of May for cattle and pedlary. Here are several extensive
cotton manufactories, also calico printing establishments and paper
makers. The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway company
have erected a handsome station. The population, in 1841, for
Glossop, was about 6,000. The parish contains the hamlets of
Hadfield, Padfield, Whitfield, Charlesworth, Simmondley, Dinting,
Chunall or Chunat, Ludworth, and Chisworth. The land is partly moor
and pasturage. The Duke of Norfolk is lord of the manor. There are
charities of £42 annual value distributed in money and clothing
to the poor inhabitants of Glossop. The magistrates meet once a
fortnight in the Town-hall, which, with the Market-house, was erected
in 1845, and is a very commodious building. There is a County court,
which has jurisdiction over the neighbouring villages. A National
school has been erected, and likewise a Wesleyan school.
Charlesworth
is a hamlet in the parish of Glossop, distant 3 miles south-west of
Glossop, in the Hundred of High Peak, Union of Glossop ; the parish
contains 1,450 acres; the population, in 1841, was 1,732. It is 2
miles from Mottram station, which is the nearest to Manchester. Here
is a Dissenting chapel. The population are employed in the cotton
mills, candlewick factories, and machine works.
Chisworth
is a hamlet in the parish of Glossop, distant 4 miles south-west from
Glossop, in the Hundred of High Peak, Union of Glossop, containing
844 acres. Here are some cotton mills.
Chunall,
or Chunat, is a hamlet in the parish of Glossop, distant 2 miles
south of Glossop, in the Hundred of High Peak, Union of Glossop. The
population, in 1841, was 111; acreage 885.
Dinting
is a hamlet in the parish of Glossop, distant 1 mile west of Glossop,
in the Hundred of High Peak, Union of Glossop. The population, in
1841, was 387; the parish contains 586 acres. Here is a railway
station 11¾
miles from Manchester. Messrs. Potter have calico printing works, and
Messrs. Oliver a paper mill.
Hadfield,
a township and large village on the borders of Yorkshire, distant 2
miles west-north-west of Glossop,in the Hundred of High Peak, Union
of Glossop. The parish contains 357 acres; the population, in 1841,
was 1,409. It is 1 mile from the Dinting station on the Manchester
and Sheffield railway. This, like the other places around Glossop,
has several cotton mills, in which the population are employed.
Ludworth
is a large hamlet in the parish of Glossop, distant 5 miles
south-west of Glossop, in the Hundred of High Peak, Union of Glossop.
Padfield
is a hamlet in the parish of Glossop, distant 1½
miles north-west of Glossop, in the Hundred of High Peak and Union of
Glossop. The population, in 1841, was 1,656; the hamlet contains 643
acres. The population are employed in the cloth, thread, and cotton
yarn works and paper mills.
Simmondley
is a hamlet near the Manchester and Sheffield railway, distant 2
miles south-west of Glossop, in the Hundred of High Peak, and parish
and Union of Glossop. The hamlet contains 989 acres; the population,
in 1841, was 592.
Whitfield
is a hamlet and chapelry in the parish of Glossop, distant 1 mile
south of Glossop, in the Hundred of High Peak, Union of Glossop,
diocese of Lichfield. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift
of the Crown the Rev. John Teague, B.A., is the incumbent. The
church, dedicated to St. James, is a very handsome building recently
erected. There are two Dissenting chapels, viz., Presbyterian and
Methodist, and a Free school for boys and girls, endowed by Joseph
Hague, Esq. The population, in 1841 was 3,044; the hamlet contains
1,577 acres. The Duke of Norfolk is lord of the manor. Here are
cotton and paper mills and stone quarries.
Glossop.
GENTRY.
Fauvel
Rev. Theodore
Howe
Rev. Christopher [vicar], Vicarage house
Howe
Mr. Rowland,Vicarage house
MacKenny
Rev. Benjamin
Shepley
Mr. Robert
Stone
Rev. John, B.A. [curate], Rose green
Teague
Rev. J. B.A. [perpetual curate to the New church, Whitfield], Mill
town
Wood
John, sen. esq. Howard town
TRADERS.
Ashton
John, draper, Howard town
Ashworth
John, joiner, Rose green
Atkinson
John, draper, Howard town
Band
Charles, beer retailer, Mill town
Barber
Owen, barber, Howard town
Beresford
& Co. cotton spinners
Bottom
Joseph, beer retailer, Howard town
Booth
John, chemist&druggist,Howard town
Booth
John, boot & shoe maker
Booth
John, clogger, Howard town
Bowden
Jonathan, joiner, Howard town
Bowers
Wm., shopkeeper, Howard town
Bramhall
William, cotton spinner & manufacturer, Knott’s mill
Bramwells
John & James, shopkeepers, Howard town
Brooks
Jonathan, miller & farmer
Clark
John, boot & shoe ma., Howard tn
Clayton
William, policeman, Howard tn
Coe
James, draper, Howard town
Collier
James, Commercial inn
Collier
Samuel (exors.), shopkeepers, Howard town
Collier
Thomas, grocer, glass & china warehouse, Howard town
Cooper
James, shopkeeper & farmer
Cook
John, shopkeeper, Mill town
Davenport
John, farmer
Darwent
Nathan, beer retailer
Deakin
— ,shopkeeper, Howard town
Davis
Mrs. seminary, Howard town
Dewsnap
Joseph, waste dlr. Howard tn
Dewsnap
Valentine, tailor, Howard tn
Downs
Peter Emanuel, surgeon, Rose gn
Doxon
Simion, boot & shoe ma. Rose grn
Dudsbury
Joseph, joiner, Howard town
Dyas
Edward, cabinet ma. Howard tn
Ellison
Michael, steward to the Duke, Glossop hall
Fielding
George, shopkeeper
Fielding
George, watch ma. Howard tn
Fielding
John, joiner, Howard town
Fielding
Thomas, butcher, Howard tn
Ford
John, sheet wadding ma. Thread ml
Frost
George, shopkeeper & farmer, Howard town
Greaves
Benjamin, blacksmith & iron-monger, Howard town
Goddard
Wm. Shopkeeper, Howard town
Hadfield
Charles, “Hare & Hounds”
Hadfield
Mrs. Ellen, beer retailer
Hadfield
John, cotton spinner, Cowbrook mill
Hadfield
Samuel, shoemaker, Mill town
Hall
Francis, tailor
Hall
John, tailor, Howard town
Hampson
John & Joseph, grocers, Howard town
Hampson
Jordan, beer retailer, Mill tn
Hampson
Joseph, “RoyalOak” & farmer, Woodcock road
Hardman
James, shoemaker, Howard tn
Harrop
Thos. beer retailer, Howard tn
Higginbottom
John, Station inn, Howard town
Higginbottom
Joseph, plumber & glazier, Howard, town
Hawksworth
Jsph., Ironmngr. Howard tn
Higginbottom
Samuel, grocer, auctioneer & appraiser, Howard town
Higginbottom
Thos. Queen's Arms inn
Higginbottom
William, tin plate worker, Howard town
Holroyd
Mathew, brush maker, Howard town
Howard
Wardlow William, surgeon, Howard town
Hunt
William, surgeon, Cowbrook
Jackson
Abraham, cotton spnr. Shepley ml
Jackson
Michael, shopkeeper, Rose grn
Jackson
William, surgeon, Mill town
Judson
Randell, saddler, Howard town
Kelsall
William, saddler, Howard town
Kinder
John, chemist & druggist, Howard town
Lawton
Caleb, tin plate worker
Lawton
James, shopkeeper, Mill town
Lawton
John, tin plate worker, Mill tn
Leigh
Thomas, cotton spinner
Lee
Isiah, shopkeeper
Longden
John, butcher, Hall lane
Longston
Robert, draper, Shepley mill
Massey
Daniel, shopkeeper, Mill town
Melbourne
& Roberts, cotton manufacturers, Cross cliffe, Mill town
Nattrass
Wm. basket ma. Howard tn
Newton
Mrs. Mary, Greyhound inn
Oates
Joseph, post office, auctioneer & appraiser, & inspector of
weights & measures, Howard town
Ollerenshaw
James, surveyor of highways, Howard town
Ollerenshaw
John, shopkeeper, Howard tn
Peace
James, farmer, Mosey lee
Pickford
James, “Bull’s Head” & farmer
Platt
George, butcher, Howard town
Potts
John, beer retailer & butcher, Howard town
Roberts
Mrs. Ann, mistress to Natnl. schl
Roberts
Samuel, master to Natnl. schl
Robinson
George, furniture broker & paperhanger, Howard town
Robinson
Miss Jane, shopkpr. Howard tn
Robinson
John, clothier & farmer, Chunall
Robinson
Jsph. woollen drpr. Howard tn
Robinson
Samuel, grocer, Howard tn
Roe
Samuel, joiner, Rose green
Rowbottom
James, farmer, Lane head
Schofield
Charles, printer stationer, Howard town
Schofield
James, butcher, Hall lane
Schofield
Jas., Shopkeeper, Woodcock rd
Schofield
John, butcher, Hall lane
Schofield
John, beer retailer, Rose grn.
Schofield
Joseph, butcher, Howard tn
Sellars
John, master to Wesleyan schl
Shaw
Mrs. Ann, grocer, Howard town
Shepley
Robert & James, cotton spinners & manufacturers
Shepley
Saml. leather cutter, Howard tn
Shepley
Samuel, ironmongr. Howard tn
Sincock
Joshua, earthenware dealer, Howard town
Smith
William, grocer & corn dealer, Howard town
Stafford
John, shoemaker, Howard tn
Stocks
John, shopkeeper, Mill town
Storey
John, joiner, Howard town
Swindall
Thos. confectioner, Howard tn
Swires
Thomas, clogger, Howard town
Thompson
Edward William, solicitor, deputy coroner, clerk to the magistrates,
clerk to County court, & clerk to turnpike road, Howard town
Thorpe
George, carpenter
Tomlinson
William, chemist & druggist, Howard town
Turner
James, barber, Howard town
Wadsworth
William, tailor, Howard tn
Wagstaffe
Aaron. shopkpr. Corn Ml. Bdg
Wagstaffe
Mrs. Maria, Norfolk Arms inn, commercial posting house, Howard town
Wagstaffe Robert, painter, Howard tn
Wagstaffe
Samuel, Howard's Arms inn, Howard town
Wagstaffe
Thomas, butcher,Howard tn
Walker
William & Joseph, cotton spinners, Rose Green mills
Webb
William, draper, Howard town
Wilson
Joseph, shopkeeper & carrier, Shepley mill
Williamson
George, shpkpr. Howard tn
Winterbottom
Edwin,butcher, Howard tn
Winterbottom
Robert, parish clerk
Wolfenden
Thomas, clothier, Mill town
Wood
John, jun. & Brothers, cotton spinners & manufacturers,
Howard Town mills
Wood
Charles, draper, Howard town
Wood
Geo. shoema. Corn Mill bridge
Wood
Robert, tailor & draper, Howard tn
Wormald
Joshua, shoema, Howard tn
Wreaks
Peacock Thomas, chemist & druggist, Howard town
Wrigley
Thomas, tailor, Howard town
Wyatt
Joseph, farmer, Blackshaw
Post
Office. - Joseph Oates, postmaster. Letters arrive by mail cart from
Manchester ½ past 8 a.m. dispatched ½
past 1 p.m. by rail to Manchester, arrive 5 p.m. by rail from
Manchester, dispatched ½ past 5 p.m. by
mail cart through Manchester to London. Also a bag from Ashton,
arrive ½ past 8 a.m. dispatched ½
past 5 p.m
Manchester
& Liverpool Sub-District Banking Company, Howard town (Samuel
Bolton Tomlins, esq. manager); draw upon Messrs. Smith, Payne &
Smith, London. Hours of attendance from 10 to 1 on Saturdays
County
Court, Glossop district comprises the following townships and places:
Glossop, Rose green, Howard town, Hadfield, Woolley bridge,
Brookfield, Longdendale, Waterside, Whitfield, Littlemore, Freetown,
Green vale, Wren Nest, Charlestown, Chunal, Simmondley, Charlesworth,
Gamesley, Dinting, Dinting vale, Chisworth, Ludworth, Marple bridge,
Compstall road, Longhurst lane, Mellor, Mellor Moor end, Hayfield,
Little Hayfield, Great Hamlet, Phoside, Kinder, & Rowarth. Office
for entering plaints against parties resident in this district is at
Howard town, Glossop. Edward William Thompson, clerk of the court;
Joseph St. John Yates, judge, private residence, Victoria place,
Manchester; Charles Hibbert, bailiff, Ashton-under- Lyne. All plaints
must be entered at the office of the clerk of the Court, in time to
enable the summonses to be served 10 clear days before the Court day
Railway
- Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire
Charlesworth.
Adamson
Rev. John
TRADERS.
Beard
John, shopkeeper
Beard
Joseph, wheelwright
Bennett
Joseph & John, blacksmiths
Bennett
Joseph, “Horse Shoe”
Booth
James & Brothers, brass & iron-founders, carding, spinning &
weaving machine manufacturers, Little fld.
Booth
George, grocer
Booth
Mrs. Martha, “White Hart”
Bowden
Jn. cotton spinner, Coombs ml
Bradbury
John, joiner & beer retailer
Brocklehurst
George, “Grey Mare”
Burdikin
John, candlewick & wadding manufacturer, Wood seats
Cooper
Moses, boot & shoe maker
Goddard
Samuel, butcher
Harrison
John & James, farmers
Higginbottom
James, “Bull's Head”
Jackson
James, shopkeeper
Marsden
Robert, beer retailer
Marsland
Samuel, cotton spinner, Best Hill mill
Moss
Arthur, draper
Platt
Robert, beer retailer
Rowbottom
Joseph, beer retailer
Shepley
Joseph, tanner
Shepley
Thomas; beer retailer
Thornley
William, beer retailer
Waller
Ralph & Co. cotton spinners
Letters
are received through Glossop
Chisworth.
TRADERS.
Booth
John & Geo. cotton waste dealers
Booth
Ralph, shopkeeper
Brierley
Henry, farmer
Cooper
Joseph & Joe, cotton spinners, Chew Wood mill
Cooper
Joseph, cotton spinner, Hole House mills
Harrison
Jas. Globe inn, & shopkeeper
Jubb
Charles, shopkeeper
Rowbottom
David, farmer
Rowbottom
John, sen. beer retailer
Rowbottom
John, jun. New Inn
Rowbottom
Moses, farmer
Swindells
George, beer retailer
Thornaly
John, jun. coal proprietor
Letters
are received through Glossop
Dinting.
Bennett
Samuel, Plough inn
Garlick
Joseph, farmer
Hague
William, farmer
Hoyland
James, nail maker
Oliver
Samuel, paper manufacturer, Hollingworth, & Dinting mill
Platt
John, carrier
Platt
Thomas, shopkeeper
Potter
Edmund & Co, calico printers; warehouse, 20 Mosley st. Manchester
Rhodes
John, Viaduct, inn, & farmer
Letters
are received through Glossop
Carrier
to Manchester - John Platt, tues. thurs. & sat. returns same days
Hadfield.
Marsden
Rev. Geo. [Wesleyan minister]
Barlow
Mrs. Mary, beer retailer
Bond
John, beer retailer
Bradbury
William, shopkeeper
Bragg
Richard, Commercial inn
Crowther
Saville, shopkeeper
Garlick
John, Anchor inn
Harrison
Thomas, beer retailer
Hill
Benjamin, Spinners Arms inn
Lee
James, skewer & bobbin manufacturer
Lees
Henry, cotton spinner
Newton
Richard, butcher
Normanton
John, shopkeeper
Platt
William, Thomas & Edward, cotton spinners, doublers &
manufacturers, Hadfield lodge
Shepley
Samuel, cotton spinner & manufacturer, Brookfield mill
Sykes
Jn. “Spread Eagle” Woolley bdg
Sykes
Mrs. Mary, beer retailer, Woolley bridge
Warhurst
James, joiner
Warhurst
Thomas, shopkeeper
Wood
Samuel, hatter
Woodcock
Joseph, shopkpr. Brookfield
Letters
are received through Glossop
Ludworth.
Andrews
George esq., Compstall
Bardesley
Robert & Henry, waste dlrs
Barmley
Richard, butcher
Baxter
Mrs, Maria, shopkeeper
Bennett
James, beer retailer
Bradley
Charles, farmer
Bradshaw
John, shopkeeper
Brousham
Robert, farmer
Chapell
Thomas, farmer
Cheetham
Mrs. Elizth. “Norfolk Arms”
Close
Daniel, blacksmith
Cooper
Mrs. Betty, farmer
Cooper
John, Rock tavern & horse dir
Cooper
Thomas, shopkeeper
Cook
Samuel, shopkeeper
Dane
Mrs. Sarah, Shuttle inn
Fox
George, Boat inn
Gee
Samuel, shopkeeper
Gee
Joseph, farmer
Hamilton
John, Church inn
Harrison
David, shopkeeper
Harrison
Moses, farmer
Higgenbottom
James, shopkeeper
Higgenbottom
Thomas, beer retailer
Holding
Samuel, beer retailer
Howard
Bernard, farmer
Jowett
James & Jonathan, coal merchts
Kirk
John, beer retailer & corn mercht
Middleton
Richard, plumber & glazier
Middleton
Robert, shopkeeper
Mitchell
Isaac, shopkeeper, Compstall rd
Oliver
Samuel, shopkeeper
Platt
Ralph, beer retailer
Richardson
James, shopkeeper
Ridgeway
John, joiner & builder
Stafford
James, shopkeeper
Taylor
William, blacksmith
Tymm
Joseph, beer retailer
Walker
John, beer retailer
Warhurst
Caleb, Spring Garden tavern
Wild
John,farmer
Wood
John, farmer
Wright
John, Horse Shoe inn
Letters
are received thro Stockport
Padfield.
Rusby
Mrs. Padfield lodge
Barber
John & Brothers, cloth & thread manufacturers
Broadbent
Abraham, cotton yarn doubler & warp manufacturer
Cook
James, shopkeeper
Crossland
John, farmer, Deep clough
Endry
John, Railway Company inn, Wood head
Fielding
Charles, Odd Fellows' inn
Frost
George, farmer, Deep clough
Hadfield
Mrs. Sarah, beer retailer
Hyde
Robert John, farmer
Lees
Samuel, cotton spinner & manufacturer, Brook mill
Newton
Joseph, farmer, Torside
Roberts
Joshua, farmer
Siddell
John, beer retailer
Siddell
Joseph, shopkeeper
Sidebottom
John, William & James, cotton spinners & manufacturers;
warehouse, 7 Cleveland buildings, Manchester
Stubbs
Joseph, farmer
Turner
John, farmer, Tor side
Turner
Thomas, paper maker, Tor side
Letters
are received through Glossop
Simmondley.
Hadfield
Joseph, esq. Lees hall
Bennett
Randall, farmer
Buckley
William, butcher
Dewsnap
Moses, beer retailer
Ollerenshaw
Samuel, Angel inn
Patchett
George, Drovers inn
Shaw
James, farmer
Shaw
John, Commercial inn
Letters
are received through Glossop
Whitfield.
TRADERS.
Ball
John, schoolmaster
Beeley
John, farmer
Beever
James, shopkeeper
Bennett
George, shopkeeper
Bennett
Thomas, shopkeeper & butcher
Braddock
Thomas, shopkeeper
Dewsnap
Joshua, beer retailer
Dyson
David, butcher
Farrand
Joseph, shopkeeper
Ford
John, paper maker
France
John, butcher
Garlick
John, grocer
Garlick
Thomas, Junction inn
Garside
Thomas, farmer
Hadfield
John, boot & shoe maker
Hadfield
Joseph Rose, parish clerk
Hampson
George, beer retailer
Hampson
John, farmer
Higginbottom
Anthony, shopkeeper
Hollingworth
Joseph, Albion inn
Hollingworth
Thomas, butcher
Howard
John, beer retailer
Howard
Joseph, cotton spinner & farmer, Bridgefield mill
Jones
Henry, surgeon
Kershaw
Samuel & Co. cotton spinners, paper makers & wool carders,
Turn Lee mills, Charles town
Kershaw
John, cotton spinner, Hurst mill
Lawton
Wm. butcher & shopkeeper
Millbourne
& Roberts, cotton spinners
Neild
Dan, butcher & farmer
Neild
Joseph, boot & shoe maker
Pennington
Levi, pawnbroker
Robinson
James, beer retailer
Rowbottom
Abraham, shopkeeper
Sheppard
Robert, farmer
Smithies
Henry, shopkeeper
Stirke
Henry, solicitor
Sumner
Francis, cotton spinner & manufacturer, Wren nest mills ;
warehouse, 86a Mosley st. Manchester
Sutcliffe
Isaac, shopkeeper
Sykes
Jerry, shopkeeper
Thornally
Robert, shopkeeper
Thornley
Robert, butcher
Wagstaffe
Robert, stone quarries
Warhurst
Timothy, joiner & timber merchant
Waterhouse
John, shopkeeper
Wilkinson
Joseph, shopkeeper
Woodcock
Joseph, Globe inn
Woodcock
Paul,,shopkeeper
Letters
are received through Glossop
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