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COMPILED BY ROBERT HAMNETT.
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July 1st, 1606 |
William Dewsnapp, yeoman, of Whittfielde, purchased from Thomas Bagshaw, of The Ridge, closes, lands and hereditaments in Glossop for £56 10s 0d |
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June 27th, 1800 |
Joseph Bennett, of Turn Lee born |
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July 27th,1813 |
Baptised at St Anne's, Manchester, John Hill Wood, son of John Wood, cotton spinner. |
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July 27th, 1824 |
John Undes, for stealing a pair of stockings and a pan from Joshua Shepley at Glossop, was sentenced to one months's imprisonment and to be privately whipped. |
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July 1st, 1830 |
Date of lease for Oldham Row, built by Joseph Higginbottom, glazier, in the Tenter Stone and Calf Hey. Sold June 2nd, 1864, to James Shepley for £300 |
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July 1st, 1830 |
Date of the lease of the Tabernacle Chapel, built by the following trustees:- |
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June 28th, 1836 |
Moses Hadfield appointed a County Magistrate |
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July 1st, 1836 |
Meeting held at The Norfolk Arms of local gentlemen to consider a proposed railway from Manchester to Sheffield. Mr George Sidebottom of Hill End House presided. |
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July 1st, 1836 |
The Glossop Association for the prosecution of felons: Thomas Ellison, clerk, offered £5 5s 0d reward for the apprehension of the thief, or thieves, who stole some fat sheep from a field at Cowbrook. |
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June 28th, 1836 |
Coronation of Queen Victoria. Foundation stone laid of Glossop Town Hall. |
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July 3rd, 1838
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Two young men got two months' hard labour for taking two ducks from
Samuel Shepley's lodge at Glossop. |
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July 29th, 1839 |
Royal assent given to an "Act for the more easy and speedy recovery of small debts within the Town and Manor of Glossop, and other places within the Parish of Glossop" constituting "A Court of Requests." |
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July 1st, 1841 |
Dispensation granted to the Court "Conquering Hero," No. 1279, of the Glossop Dale District Ancient Order of Foresters. |
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June 28th, 1851 |
Thomas Pownall, aged 17, and John Robert Taylor, aged 15, drowned in a mill reservoir at Hollingworth. |
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June 30th, 1851 |
Date of lease of Nos.18-20, Surrey Street, built by George Hibbs. These houses, with Nos. 12-16, were sold June 7th, 1875, by John Dixon, butcher, to Sarah Boulton, for £402. |
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June 30th, 1852 |
William Stafford, mill manager, Charlesworth, died, aged 7. he was brother to Joseph Stafford, Esq., Ex-Mayor of Glossop. |
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June 28th, 1853 |
Edmund Potter appointed a County Magistrate |
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June 29th, 1853 |
John Ball, schoolmaster, Hague's Endowed School, discharged |
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July 2nd, 1853 |
Mary Bunting, aged 44, Wren Nest, "died by a visitation of God" The first inquest held by T.M. Ellison, Deputy Coroner, Glossop. |
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June 30th, 1857 |
John Hill Wood and Francis Sumner appointed County Magistrates. |
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July 1st, 1857 |
Distribution of Hague's Charity confined to 12 men and 12 women |
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July 1st, 1858 |
John and William Eversden fined 5s and costs for selling vegetables in the streets of Glossop. Infringement of the Market Act. |
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July 1st, 1859 |
Thomas Collier, Glossop, died aged 62 |
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June 30th, 1861 |
Fire at Waterside Mills, 130 bales of cotton destroyed. buildings and machinery damaged - £5000 loss. |
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June 26th, 1862 |
John Wood and brothers, cotton manufacturers stopped. (cotton panic). |
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July 2nd, 1862 |
James Hurst, farm servant in charge of John Wood and brothers' farm, at Simmondley, died suddenly. |
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June 30th, 1863 |
William Beard, aged 11, killed by machinery at John Ibbotson's paper mill, Turn Lee. |
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June 27th, 1864 |
Sixty persons left Glossop for the United States. |
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June 27th, 1864 |
Alexander Eyre, aged 14, accidently drowned in Hurst Lodge. |
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June 27th, 1864 |
A native of Glossop got three months' hard labour for stabbing William Hardy at Hope |
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June 30th, 1865 |
Joseph Feniley, aged 23, died whilst bathing in Mr Ibbotson's lodge |
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June 29th, 1866 |
John Dalton senr. and John Dalton junr. entered into partnership as calico printers. |
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June 30th, 1866 |
Foundation stone laid of United Free Church, Hayfield |
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July 1st, 1867 |
John Ousey, tallow chandler, Surrey Street, sold up |
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June 29th, 1868 |
John Harrison Radcliffe, Esq., thrown from his horse and fractured his arm at Charlesworth. |
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July 2nd, 1868 |
Thursday half holiday commenced by drapers, milliners and pawnbrokers in Glossop. |
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June 28th, 1871 |
Joseph Wright entered into possession of the Globe Inn, in succession to Mary Kelley |
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July 2nd, 1871 |
Thomas Armitage, coal merchant, Glossop, died aged 62. |
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June 26th, 1885 |
Miss Shepley died at Torkington, aged 70. The Shepley's removed from Shepley Street when the lease of the mill expired. |
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June 26th, 1886 |
Alice Ann Beaumont and her two children killed by a railway train at Woodhead. |
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July1st, 1886 |
Bazaar opened at Tintwistle by James Sidebottom, Esq., in aid of funds to build a new wall around the church wall. |
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July 7th, 1887 |
Foundation stone laid of the St. Mary's Roman Catholic church. |
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July 3rd, 1887 |
The members of the Glossop Conservative Association celebrated the Jubilee by a dinner at the Globe Inn. |
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June 29th, 1887 |
Messrs. Ollerenshaw and Co., Town Hall Buildings, claimed £2 for damage done to crockery by the Volunteers firing a feu-de-joie in the Norfolk Square on their return from the Jubilee review in Chester. |
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July 1st, 1887 |
William Edgar Cottrill appointed organist at All Saint's Parish Church. |
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July 2nd, 1887 |
Jubilee of Charlesworth Friendly Society. |
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July 2nd, 1887 |
Foundation stone laid of a new Conservative Club at New Mills. |
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July 1st, 1888 |
The organ at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church was formally opened. |
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July 1st, 1898 |
Samuel Harrison, aged 34, a mason's labourer, of Hyde, was killed by falling off the scaffolding at the Free Library Building. |
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June 30th, 1899
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Third Annual Brass Band Contest, promote by Glossop Old Prize Band; ten bands competed, 4,000 spectators. The prizes were won by: 1st, Denton Original; 2nd, Stalybridge Rifle; 3rd, Middleton Borough; 4th, Bacup Change; 5th, Stalybridge Old. |
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June 30th, 1889 |
Foundation stone laid of a new Presbytery to St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church by Mrs. F.J. Sumner, to the memory of John Sumner, Esq., of Park Hall. |
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June 30th, 1889 |
Riley Riley, of Adderley Place, died. He was appointed madder dyer at Dinting Printworks in October, 1849, and held that position until he resigned in July, 1881. On his retirement he was presented with a gold watch, value of over £60, by his employers, and a valuable marble clock by his fellow workmen. |
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July 2nd, 1889 |
Gamesley House, wire works and cottages offered for sale, but not sold. |
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July 2nd, 1889 |
Gertrude, aged 4, the daughter of William Downing, tea dealer, died through falling into a lime pit on the Friday previous at Sheffield Road. |
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June 28th, 1890 |
Glossop Cricket Club Athletic Sports revived; 2,500 persons attended them. |
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June 30th, 1890 |
Joseph Cooper, of Eaves Knowl, New Mills, the Derbyshire poet, died; born November 11th, 1810. |
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June 30th, 1890 |
Nos. 24-28, Hadfield Road and 2-6 Salisbury Street, offered for sale; withdrawn at £900. Four houses on Kiln Lane withdrawn at £510. |
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July 2nd, 1890
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The Drover's Arms and two cottages built in 1824 sold to Messrs. Boddington's for £1040. A dwelling-house and shop and Nos. 98-114 Charlestown, built in 1824, sold to John Bennett, Simmondley, for £410. |
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July 2nd, 1890 |
James Barnes, draper, High Street West, died, aged 64. He was for 30 years the treasurer of the Widow and Orphans Fund of the Independent Order of Oddfellows; a director and treasurer of the Working-Men's Perpetual Building Society. |
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July 2nd, 1890 |
Lieut. S. Hill-Wood, of the Glossop Volunteers, passed an examination at Wellington Barracks for a Captain's certificate. |
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July 2nd, 1890 |
At a meeting of the Masters Building Association it was decided to pay stonemasons a uniform wage of 8d. per hour. |
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June 27th, 1891 |
Brass Band Contest and Cricket match promoted by Glossop Old Prize Band. 14 bands competed; heavy showers fell at intervals. 1st prize, Thurlstone; 2nd, Audenshaw and Droylesden; 3rd, Eccles Subscription; 4th, Ashton Rifles; 5th, Denton Original. |
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June 30th, 1891 |
Important sale of chief rents, 23 lots in Hadfield and Glossop sold. |
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July 2nd, 1891 |
Alderman Joseph Middleton Stafford, J.P., died. He was born July 17th 1826, at Mellor, and for some years assisted his father, a cotton spinner at Charlesworth, he then became manager of Botany Mills, and afterwards commenced business for himself as a cotton waste dealer in the Arundel Mill, Edward Street, eventually commencing spinning. he was thrice Mayor of Glossop, and for over 30 years a local Wesleyan Preacher. |
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July 2nd, 1891 |
Mrs. Edmund Potter died, aged 91. |
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June 6th, 1892 |
Samuel Higginbottom (Besom Sam), Charlesworth, died, aged 66. |
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July 2nd, 1892 |
A child accidentally poisoned at Hague Street. |
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June 6th, 1893 |
Meeting of ratepayers, resolved "That this meeting of ratepayers of the Borough of Glossop urges upon the members of the Town Council the advisability of taking immediate steps for the possession of an additional supply of water, believing it would tend to the greater convenience and health of the inhabitants, and to the increased prosperity of the town." |
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July 2nd, 1893 |
William Plant, plumber, Victoria Street, died, through blood poisoning. |
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July 3rd, 1893 |
House struck by lightning at Chisworth. |
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July 3rd, 1893 |
Nos. 106, 108 and 112, Woolley Bridge, built 1824, sold to Thomas Eastwood and Jonathan Kershaw, butcher, for £199 |
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June 30th, 1894 |
Glossop Old Prize Band won first prize, £10, at Lea Mills Brass Band contest. |
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June 28th, 1895 |
Elizabeth Heywood, married woman, fell down stairs at White Hall, Simmondley, and received fatal injuries. |
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June 28th, 1895 |
Boiler explosion at New Mills Brass Foundary, three men injured. |
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June 29th, 1895 |
Sixth Annual Glossop Cricket and Football Athletic Sports, 400 entries. |
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July 3rd, 1895 |
Report to the Town Council that the water in Marlow Brow Reservoir at Hadfield, was free from pollution, and could be used as a drinking water. |
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July 1st, 1896 |
William Henry Holingbery, treasurer to the Borough and the Glossop Union resigned his position. Mr T.T. Kenyon appointed borough treasurer. |
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July 30th, 1897 |
A sub-Post Office established at Wellgate and Victoria Street. |
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June 25th, 1898 |
Brass band contest at Hollingworth, Glossop Old Prize band won 3rd prize. Conductor Mr J. Barber. |
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June 28th, 1898 |
Complimentary concert at the Howard Town Wesley Chapel, to Mr. Chas. Hall, for many years conductor with the Glossopdale Philharmonic Society. |
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June 28th, 1898 |
Captain E. Partington, J.P., Rev. E.C. Collier, M.A., Rev. R. Bruce, M.A., and Mr. A.E. Schofield, initiated as honorary members of the manor Lodge Grand United Order of Oddfellows. |
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June 29th, 1898 |
Results of the canvas for electric lighting: Promises, 1689; conditional, 1092, if cost the same as gas; do. 118, if cost less than gas. At Council meeting Provisional order to be applied for, 11 for 9 against. |
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July 1st, 1898 |
Dinting Church Club opened by S. Hill-Wood. |
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July 1st, 1898 |
The Workmen's compensation Act came into force. |
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July 2nd, 1898 |
Dinner at the Crown Inn, Whitfield, to celebrate the Jubilee of the Manor Lodge and Centenary of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows. |
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July 3rd, 1898 |
Rev. J.K. Kirby, for 21 years Pastor at Mount Pleasant Congrgational Chapel, commenced his duties at the Victoria Street Congregational Chapel, Derby. |
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June 28th, 1899 |
James Denton and Isaac Jones killed, Richard Holt injured but died on July 6th, all of Rochdale, whilst taking down a dangerous portion of Bridge Mill ruins. |
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June 27th, 1890(sic) |
Town Council contracted to purchase Hague Farm. |
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July 2nd, 1900 |
Edward Bowers, 48, Freetown, died. He was for 34 years connected with the Whitfield Wesleyan Chapel, as treasurer, secretary and Sunday School teacher. |
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