Old Glossop, Was Erected by the Late Duke of Norfolk, in 1852, at a Cost of £2,000
780 DERBYSHIRE. Town, Hnrst, Jerry Town, Littlemoor, Ludworth, Marple Bridge, Mellor, Mill Town, Moors bottom Bridge, Padfield, Roworth, Rosegreen, Roughtown, Simmondley, Turnlee, Water Side, Whitfield, W oodseats, and Woolley Bridge; J oseph St. John Y a.tes, Esq., . judge; John Hibbert, registrar; and Joseph Oates, high bailiff. Gas Works, in Arun- del street, were established by a company with a capital of £6,000, in shares of £10 each. James Gill is working manager. The Water Works were established in 1854. The Swineshaw Reservoir, about 1~ miles from Howard Town, is about five acres in • extent; Mr. Charles John Hadfield, manager. The Grammar School, at Old Glossop, was erected by the late Duke of Norfolk, in 1852, at a cost of £2,000. The ma!'lter's residence forms the eastern end of the building, and the Girls' and Infants' School rooms the western; Mr. Wm. Mitchell, master. Petty Sessions are held in the Town Hall, every Thursday fortnight. The attending magistrates are Geo. Andrews, John Chapman, Edmd. Potter, Wm. Sidebottom, Francis Sumner, and John Wood, Esqrs. Messrs W. and F. G. Bennett, are their clerks. The Police Station, in Back lane, was built in 1860-1. It contains eight cells ; Mr. Thos. Willinms is chief-superintendent of police. The 1\fanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway intersects the parish, and has a Station at Dinting, whence a Branch Railway runs to Howard Town, where there is a convenient stone Station. The Reservoir Company was formed in 1837, when a capital of upwards of £6,000 was subscribed for the forming reservoirs to supply, in dry seasons, mills extending from Glossop to the river Tame, at Stock port.
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