Hadfield, Derbyshire
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| Population | 6,305 (Wards 2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK021963 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GLOSSOP |
| Postcode district | SK13 |
| Dialling code | 01457 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Hadfield is a town in the High Peak borough of Derbyshire, England. It has two wards (North and South) in the High Peak District Council. The total population of these two wards at the 2011 Census was 6,305. It lies on the south side of the River Etherow, which forms the border between Derbyshire and Greater Manchester. Hadfield lies on the western edge of the Peak District, and is close to Glossop, from which several local amenities and services are served.
Hadfield lies between Bottoms Reservoir and the Glossop Brook, on the southern side of the River Etherow valley, which is known as Longdendale. The parish lies between 394 feet (120 m) and 690 feet (210) m above sea level. Hadfield is 12.5 miles (20.1 km) from Manchester.
Hadfield was part of the Manor of Glossop, and at the time of the Domesday 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 whom 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 4,800 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. Gartside's re-equipped the mills with automatic looms from the United States and installed new engines and electric lighting.
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