Hadfield, Derbyshire
Encyclopedia
Hadfield is a parish and small residential town in High Peak
, Derbyshire
, England
. It lies very close to the River Etherow which forms the border between Derbyshire and Greater Manchester. The village is on the west side of the Peak District
, and is a residential area/town next to Glossop
with many local amenities and services being based in Glossop.
valley, known as Longdendale
. Although classed as being in the East Midlands, Hadfield is at the northern extremity of the region so has more northern influences. The parish lies between 120 m and 210 m above sea level. Hadfield is close to Greater Manchester and falls within the sphere of influence of Manchester. Hadfield is 12.5 miles from Manchester's city centre.
survey belonged to William the Conqueror
. King Henry I granted the land to William Peveril
. In 1157, King Henry II gave it to the Abbey of Basingwerk
. In 1537, King Henry VIII
gave it to the Earl of Shrewsbury
from where it came to the Howard family (Dukes of Norfolk). While the Howards were responsible in the 1810s for the development of Glossop, it was the Sidebottom family who developed Hadfield. They bought the Waterside and Bridge Mill complex from John Turner and John Thornley in 1820.
For three generations they developed these mills, as a large spinning and weaving combine. They built their own branch railway to the mill, and in 1880 ran 293,000 spindles and 4800 looms. In 1896 the Sidebottoms went into liquidation. Bridge Mill was destroyed by fire in 1899, but Waterside Mill was bought by John Gartside and Co, of Ashton-under-Lyne. Gartsides re-equipped the mills with automatic looms
from the United States and installed new engines and electric lighting.
During the first world war (1914–18) the mill was taken over by the Greenfield mill company, who described themselves as bleachers, but parts were used for munitions. After the war the company faded away. In 1940, the mill housed Maconochie's Foodstuffs Ltd who had been bombed out of their previous premises. In 1954, about half of the original building had been demolished, more was to go. In 1976 the site was redeveloped and renamed as the Hadfield Trading Estate.
Station Mill was built in 1834 by Thomas and Edward Platt, members of a family who had farmed Longdendale for generations. The family owned this cotton mill for 68 years, before selling it in 1923 to E. Wilman & Sons, who changed it to silk
noil spinning.The mill closed 1989. Hadfield Mills, was a corn mill from before 1819. In 1874, Thomas Rhodes and Sons converted the mill to the manufacture of cotton. There were 1000 workers there in 1873: it closed in 1932. In 1940 it was reopened by the Hadfield Worsted
Mills Ltd for cloth manufacture.
, which is part of Derbyshire County Council.
Representation on Derbyshire County Council
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Representation on High Peak Borough Council
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| Hadfield North
| Cllr MANN, Victoria Elizabeth
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| Hadfield South
| Cllr SIDDALL, Edward
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| Hadfield South
| Cllr MCKEOWN, Robert Joseph
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Hadfield does not have a parish council.
The Member of Parliament for the High Peak constituency
since 2010 has been Andrew Bingham MP, representing the Conservative
Party. His majority in the 2010 General Election was 4,677 over the Labour
candidate Caitlin Bisknell. Before the Election the seat had been held by Tom Levitt
for Labour.
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and Dinting
on the electrified line
. Hadfield is the terminus, all trains run through Dinting to Glossop
and back through Dinting to Manchester Piccadilly
. The railway, known as the Woodhead Line
, used to run through to Penistone
and Sheffield
via the Woodhead Tunnel
but passenger services were withdrawn in 1970. Freight trains ran until 1981 when Hadfield became the terminus. The trackbed to the east has been adopted as part of the Longdendale Trail
footpath. The A57
, which links Manchester to Sheffield via the Snake Pass, passes to the south of Hadfield, from Woolley Bridge to Dinting Vale. The A628 road
, from Manchester to Barnsley
and Sheffield over the Woodhead Pass
, runs on the other side of the River Etherow through Hollingworth
and Tintwistle
. It is this road that the proposed Mottram–Tintwistle Bypass is to relieve.
Hadfield is within close proximity of the Greater Manchester
county boundary, and some services are provided with this in mind. Though lying with Derbyshire and the East Midlands, some of Hadfield's transport facilities are managed by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
, whilst Tameside and Glossop Acute Services, based in Tameside
, Greater Manchester, is the NHS Trust
which operates in the area.
was filmed in Hadfield, which doubled as the fictional town of Royston Vasey
. In the film spin-off from the original series, The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
, Hadfield appears as itself when the characters from the TV series enter into the real world through a portal below the church (the church featured is actually in Ireland
).
High Peak Borough Council
High Peak Borough Council is a non-metropolitan district council with borough status in the north of Derbyshire, England. It forms part of the two tier system of local government alongside Derbyshire County Council for the High Peak. The administrative base of High Peak Borough Council is split...
, Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It lies very close to the River Etherow which forms the border between Derbyshire and Greater Manchester. The village is on the west side of the Peak District
Peak District
The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England, lying mainly in northern Derbyshire, but also covering parts of Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, and South and West Yorkshire....
, and is a residential area/town next to Glossop
Glossop
Glossop is a market town within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the Glossop Brook, a tributary of the River Etherow, about east of the city of Manchester, west of the city of Sheffield. Glossop is situated near Derbyshire's county borders with Cheshire, Greater...
with many local amenities and services being based in Glossop.
Geography
Hadfield lies between Bottoms Reservoir and the Glossop Brook, on the southern side of the River EtherowRiver Etherow
The River Etherow is a river in northern England, and a tributary of the River Goyt. Although now passing through South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester, it historically formed the ancient county boundary between Cheshire and Derbyshire. The upper valley is known as Longdendale...
valley, known as Longdendale
Longdendale
Longdendale is a valley in the north of England, north of Glossop and south east of Holmfirth. The name means "long wooded valley".- Geography :...
. Although classed as being in the East Midlands, Hadfield is at the northern extremity of the region so has more northern influences. The parish lies between 120 m and 210 m above sea level. Hadfield is close to Greater Manchester and falls within the sphere of influence of Manchester. Hadfield is 12.5 miles from Manchester's city centre.
History
Hadfield was part of the Manor of Glossop, and at the time of the DomesdayDomesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
survey belonged to William the Conqueror
William I of England
William I , also known as William the Conqueror , was the first Norman King of England from Christmas 1066 until his death. He was also Duke of Normandy from 3 July 1035 until his death, under the name William II...
. King Henry I granted the land to William Peveril
William Peverel
William Peverell , was a Norman knight, and is shown in 'The Battle Abbey Roll' to have fought at the Battle of Hastings.-Biography:...
. In 1157, King Henry II gave it to the Abbey of Basingwerk
Basingwerk Abbey
Basingwerk Abbey is the ruin of an abbey near Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, in the care of Cadw .The abbey was founded in 1132 by Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester, who brought Benedictine monks from Savigny Abbey in southern Normandy. In 1147, the abbey became part of the Cistercian Order and...
. In 1537, King Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
gave it to the Earl of Shrewsbury
Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury
Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, 5th Earl of Waterford, 11th Baron Talbot KG was the son of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury and Anne Hastings....
from where it came to the Howard family (Dukes of Norfolk). While the Howards were responsible in the 1810s for the development of Glossop, it was the Sidebottom family who developed Hadfield. They bought the Waterside and Bridge Mill complex from John Turner and John Thornley in 1820.
For three generations they developed these mills, as a large spinning and weaving combine. They built their own branch railway to the mill, and in 1880 ran 293,000 spindles and 4800 looms. In 1896 the Sidebottoms went into liquidation. Bridge Mill was destroyed by fire in 1899, but Waterside Mill was bought by John Gartside and Co, of Ashton-under-Lyne. Gartsides re-equipped the mills with automatic looms
Northrop Loom
The Northrop Loom was a fully automatic power loom marketed by George Draper and Sons, Hopedale, Massachusetts beginning in 1895. It was named after James Henry Northrop who invented the shuttle-charging mechanism. -The Loom:...
from the United States and installed new engines and electric lighting.
During the first world war (1914–18) the mill was taken over by the Greenfield mill company, who described themselves as bleachers, but parts were used for munitions. After the war the company faded away. In 1940, the mill housed Maconochie's Foodstuffs Ltd who had been bombed out of their previous premises. In 1954, about half of the original building had been demolished, more was to go. In 1976 the site was redeveloped and renamed as the Hadfield Trading Estate.
Station Mill was built in 1834 by Thomas and Edward Platt, members of a family who had farmed Longdendale for generations. The family owned this cotton mill for 68 years, before selling it in 1923 to E. Wilman & Sons, who changed it to silk
Silk
Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The best-known type of silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity...
noil spinning.The mill closed 1989. Hadfield Mills, was a corn mill from before 1819. In 1874, Thomas Rhodes and Sons converted the mill to the manufacture of cotton. There were 1000 workers there in 1873: it closed in 1932. In 1940 it was reopened by the Hadfield Worsted
Worsted
Worsted , is the name of a yarn, the cloth made from this yarn, and a yarn weight category. The name derives from the village of Worstead in the English county of Norfolk...
Mills Ltd for cloth manufacture.
Governance
Hadfield is administered by High Peak Borough CouncilHigh Peak Borough Council
High Peak Borough Council is a non-metropolitan district council with borough status in the north of Derbyshire, England. It forms part of the two tier system of local government alongside Derbyshire County Council for the High Peak. The administrative base of High Peak Borough Council is split...
, which is part of Derbyshire County Council.
Representation on Derbyshire County Council
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Representation on High Peak Borough Council
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| Hadfield North
| Cllr MANN, Victoria Elizabeth
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| Hadfield South
| Cllr SIDDALL, Edward
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| Hadfield South
| Cllr MCKEOWN, Robert Joseph
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Hadfield does not have a parish council.
The Member of Parliament for the High Peak constituency
High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)
- Elections in the 2000s :- Elections in the 1990s :- Elections in the 1980s :-Elections in the 1970s:-Elections in the 1960s:...
since 2010 has been Andrew Bingham MP, representing the Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Party. His majority in the 2010 General Election was 4,677 over the Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
candidate Caitlin Bisknell. Before the Election the seat had been held by Tom Levitt
Tom Levitt
Tom Levitt is a British Labour Party politician, and was the longest-serving Labour Member of Parliament for High Peak, from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:...
for Labour.
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| Andrew Bingham
Andrew Bingham
Andrew Russell Bingham is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been Member of Parliament for High Peak in Derbyshire since winning the seat at the 2010 general election.-Early life:...
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Transport
The village is served by Hadfield railway stationHadfield railway station
Hadfield railway station serves the village of Hadfield in Derbyshire, England. The station is one of the twin termini at the Derbyshire end of the Manchester-Glossop Line, the other being Glossop. It was opened by the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway in 1844.The line formerly...
and Dinting
Dinting railway station
Dinting railway station serves the village of Dinting near Glossop in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Manchester-Glossop Line 20 km east of Manchester Piccadilly. Prior to the Woodhead Line closure in 1981 Dinting was a station on a major cross Pennine route...
on the electrified line
Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway
The Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway was an early electrification scheme on British railways. The route featured long ascents on both sides of the Pennines with the long Woodhead Tunnel at its central summit close to the Woodhead pass...
. Hadfield is the terminus, all trains run through Dinting to Glossop
Glossop railway station
Glossop railway station serves the town of Glossop in Derbyshire, England and is the third busiest railway station in the county of Derbyshire after Derby and Chesterfield, with an estimated 700,000 people using the station in 2009/10....
and back through Dinting to Manchester Piccadilly
Manchester Piccadilly station
Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England. It serves intercity routes to London Euston, Birmingham New Street, South Wales, the south coast of England, Edinburgh and Glasgow Central, and routes throughout northern England...
. The railway, known as the Woodhead Line
Woodhead Line
The Woodhead Line was a railway line linking Sheffield, Penistone and Manchester in the north of England. A key feature of the route is the passage under the high moorlands of the northern Peak District through the Woodhead Tunnels...
, used to run through to Penistone
Penistone railway station
Penistone railway station is a railway station in Penistone, in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Train services are provided by Northern Rail...
and Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
via the Woodhead Tunnel
Woodhead Tunnel
The Woodhead Tunnels are three parallel trans-Pennine 3-mile long railway tunnels on the Woodhead Line, a former major rail link from Manchester to Sheffield in northern England...
but passenger services were withdrawn in 1970. Freight trains ran until 1981 when Hadfield became the terminus. The trackbed to the east has been adopted as part of the Longdendale Trail
Longdendale Trail
Longdendale Trail is an English long-distance trail which follows the alignment of the former Woodhead railway line which used to run between Manchester and Sheffield...
footpath. The A57
A57 road
The A57 is a major road in England. It runs east from Liverpool to Lincoln, via Warrington, Cadishead, Irlam, Patricroft, Eccles, Salford and Manchester, then through the Pennines over the Snake Pass , around the Ladybower Reservoir, through Sheffield and past Worksop...
, which links Manchester to Sheffield via the Snake Pass, passes to the south of Hadfield, from Woolley Bridge to Dinting Vale. The A628 road
A628 road
The A628 is a major road in the north of England connecting Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire by crossing the Pennine chain of hills by way of the Woodhead Pass through the Peak District National Park. The height and the exposure of the road often creates problems during poor weather in winter...
, from Manchester to Barnsley
Barnsley
Barnsley is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Dearne, north of the city of Sheffield, south of Leeds and west of Doncaster. Barnsley is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, of which Barnsley is the largest and...
and Sheffield over the Woodhead Pass
Longdendale
Longdendale is a valley in the north of England, north of Glossop and south east of Holmfirth. The name means "long wooded valley".- Geography :...
, runs on the other side of the River Etherow through Hollingworth
Hollingworth
Hollingworth is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. It is about twelve miles east of Manchester on the Derbyshire border at Glossop...
and Tintwistle
Tintwistle
Tintwistle is a village and civil parish in the High Peak district of the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,401. The village is just north of Glossop at the lower end of Longdendale Valley...
. It is this road that the proposed Mottram–Tintwistle Bypass is to relieve.
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
county boundary, and some services are provided with this in mind. Though lying with Derbyshire and the East Midlands, some of Hadfield's transport facilities are managed by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
Transport for Greater Manchester is the public body responsible for co-ordinating public transport services throughout Greater Manchester, in North West England. The organisation traces its origins to the Transport Act 1968, when the SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive was established to...
, whilst Tameside and Glossop Acute Services, based in Tameside
Tameside
The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. It is named after the River Tame which flows through the borough and spans the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley and Stalybridge. Its western...
, Greater Manchester, is the NHS Trust
NHS Trust
A National Health Service trust provides services on behalf of the National Health Service in England and NHS Wales.The trusts are not trusts in the legal sense but are in effect public sector corporations. Each trust is headed by a board consisting of executive and non-executive directors, and is...
which operates in the area.
Media
The television series The League of GentlemenThe League of Gentlemen (comedy)
The League of Gentlemen are a quartet of British dark comedy writers/performers, formed in 1995 by Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith...
was filmed in Hadfield, which doubled as the fictional town of Royston Vasey
Royston Vasey
Royston Vasey is a small fictional town in the north of England, and the setting of the BBC television comedy series The League of Gentlemen. It has made famous the comedic phrase "a Local Shop for Local People". Royston Vasey is the real name of british stand-up comedian Roy 'Chubby' Brown, who...
. In the film spin-off from the original series, The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse is a feature film spin-off of the popular British television comedy series The League of Gentlemen. Starring Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, the film was written by the cast with Jeremy Dyson, and directed by Steve Bendelack...
, Hadfield appears as itself when the characters from the TV series enter into the real world through a portal below the church (the church featured is actually in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
).