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Vacant 7 High Street West |
Heron Foods 9-11 High Street West |
Town Hall High Street West |
Market Hall High Street West |
Telephone Boxes Norfolk Square |
Various 1-3 Market Arcade |
1838 | ![]() Mr John Hampson built numbers 9 and 11 High Street West as part of the 12th Duke of Norfolk’s Town Hall and shops vision. |
1846 | Rateable Value of 9 High Street West in 1846 before the market opened £21 10s 0d Rateable Value of 11 High Street West in 1846 before the market opened £15 10s 0d |
1871 | Census Number 9 was occupied by Thomas Pearson Hunter 34, a Draper employing 2 assistants and 1 apprentice, wife Rosa Ellen Hunter 25, daughters Ellen Elizabeth Hunter 2 and Rosa Ethel Hunter 5 months. Also at this address was Jane Gomershall 23, a Domestic Servant. Number 11 was occupied by John Potts 27, a Draper. |
1881 | Census Number 9 was occupied by Thomas Pearson Hunter 43, a Master Draper employing 1 man and 2 boys, wife Rose Ellen Hunter 34, daughters Ellen Elizabeth Hunter 12, Rose Ethel Hunter 10, sons Thomas Pearson Hunter 8, Alfred Herbert Hunter 6, all Scholars, Harold W Hunter 4 and Edgar W Hunter 2. Also at this address were Annie Fryer 22, a Governess (Teacher) and Susan Hall 24, a General Servant. Number 11 was occupied by John Potts 37, a Draper & Silk Hosier, wife Margaret Potts 32, daughters Beatrice May Potts 5, a Scholar, Gertrude Potts 3, Maud Margaret Potts 2 and son George Potts 3 months. |
1891 | Kelly’s Directory Hunter Thos. Pearson, drapr, 9 High st. we Melia Daniel & Co, tea merchants, 11 High street west |
1891 | Census Number 9 was occupied by William Wright 27, a Draper’s Assistant and his wife Sarah E Wright 25. |
1895 | Post Office Derbyshire Directory Hunter Thomas Pearson, draper, 9 High street west Hyde Geo. milliner & fancy draper, 9 High street west Melia Daniel & Co, tea merchants, 11 High street west |
1899 | Kelly’s Directory Hunter Thomas Pearson, draper, 9 High street west Melia Daniel & Co. Lim. tea merchants, 11 High st. west |
1901 | Census Numbers 9 & 11 were occupied but uninhabited. |
1903 | Derby & District Trades Directory DRAPERS Hunter, T P., 9 High st., west HATTERS / TOBACCONISTS Eversden & Co., 9 High st., west GROCERS AND TEA DEALERS Consumers? Tea Co., 11 High st., west Household Stores, 11 High St., west Melia, Daniel, & Co., Ltd., 11 High st., west MERCHANTS (TEA AND COFFEE) Melia, Daniel, & Co., 11 High St., west |
1903 | Rateable Value of 9 High Street West in 1903 after the market opened £68 0s 0d Rateable Value of 11 High Street West in 1903 after the market opened £60 0s 0d |
1904 | ![]() An photo from ’Glossop - A Sketch From The Earliest Period’ printed and published by Messrs. Jenkinson and Hamnett in 1904. |
1910 | Photo taken from High Street West, from left to right, High Street East, Brownson’s (Bespoke Taylors) with cast iron awning, Hawley’s corner, ???? Stores, McKinley chemist and T. P. Hunter who apear to have a sale on. |
1911 | Census Number 11 was a property with 4 main rooms occupied by William Ernest Steels 36, a Grocer & Off Licence, his wife Eliza Steels 33, married 14 years with 4 children, William Wyrill Steels 13, Francis George Steels 12, Dorothy Alice Steels 10 and Nora Lilian Steels 4. |
1912 | Kelly’s Directory Hunter Thomas Pearson Melia Daniel & Co. Limited |
1920 | ![]() Numbers 9 and 11 are also set back from the Town Hall, number 9 has a hand painted first floor sign. Photograph courtesy of Glossop Heritage Trust. |
1925 | Kelly’sDirectory Hunter Thomas Pearson, hosier, 9 & 11 High street west |
1926 | Midland Counties Trade Directory Hunter, T.P., Draper, 9 High Street West |
1932 | Kelly’s Directory Hunter Thos. Pearson, hosier, 9 High st. west.T N 174 |
1932 | Kelly’s Directory Boots Lim. chemists (Thos. Brown, mgr.) High st. west |
1941 | Kelly’s Directory Woolworth F. W. & Co. Ltd. bazaar, High st. west |
1950 | ![]() FW Woolworths & Co. Ltd. Photograph courtesy of Glossop Heritage Trust. |
1994 | ![]() Woolworths with Pick n Mix aisle inside on the left, records and CDs on the far right. Photograph courtesy of Glossop & District Historical Society. |
2004 | Woolworths. Photograph courtesy of Glossop & District Historical Society. |
2008 | Woolworths in Glossop clossed on 30 December, the last 200 UK stores closed their doors for good on Tuesday 6 January, leaving more than 27,000 people unemployed. The firm’s 807 British outlets had been closing in stages since the end of December following clearance sales. |
2009 | Google Street View Shows store unoccupied with a poster in the window stating Cooltrader opening on Thursday 18 June at 10am. |
2014 | ![]() Photo taken in 2014 by Glossop VAH. |