Posted by Harrop Michael in Geneva Switzerland on June 09, 19102 at 18:20:16:
In Reply to: Re: Harrop Family posted by Ken Harrop on June 08, 19102 at 08:14:01:
Ken: Glossop is a real Harrop stronghold - there were Harrops who were mayors etc. Outside of Glossop there is Castle Hill and Harrops have traditionally farmed the land there, notably at Hilltop http://www.darkpeakhistory.com/castlehill.html
Castle Hill has old mound fortifications and you can feel the history there. Glossop itself was set up around AD 600 after the Romans left Britain. Originally Glot's Hop. There's a heritage center in Glossop with very nice people. The Glossop Harrops are the same family as the Saddleworth Harrops - in fact all Harrops are pretty much related. Glossop and Saddleworth seem to be two concentration points of the Harrops.
All the best
Mike
: My father was born in the Glossop area of Derbyshire in June 1888 and moved to Oldham, Lanncashire, where he spent the rest of is life .He had three sons william,Frank and me Kenneth,I am the only remaining member of his family except two nephews one in Australia and one in England Do anybody know of any relatives maybe still living in the glossop area.He also had abrother Tom and two sisters Alice and Annie