Hello.
Welcome to the Glossop Cabinet of Curiosities.
The basic idea behind this blog is to explore the hidden parts of Glossop and it’s immediate surrounding areas. These are the bits that most people simply overlook… or don’t even know are there. I am an archaeologist by trade, with a PhD and over 20 years experience seeking out and exploring interesting things. I use the term ‘interesting’ loosely… not many people see the beauty in a bottle top, the wealth of information in an old quarry, the charm of a gatepost, or the poetry in a single piece of pottery pulled from a molehill.
Most people, head down, walk on by.
I stop and poke around!
Much of what I’ll cover in this blog is historically based, it is largely ‘archaeological’ in focus, and it’s all a bit obscure. But I want it to be recorded somewhere, as I think it is interesting, and am convinced that other people might do too. I work normally in a strict academic setting, but I wanted this blog to take the approach of the 19th Century ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ – pulling together things that interest me, as a person, rather that having some greater unifying theme. I just want to post things I find interesting, and I hope someone else will do to. So please feel free to add a comment, or even suggest things to blog about.
Look, just have a look around in the blog… you might find it interesting!
The Glossop Cabinet of Curiosities 
I found a small fragment of a Hartley Stoneware washing in with the tide in Towyn North Wales and the information you have provided on your website has helped me out tremendously regarding its age and history. So I just wanted to say a great big Thank You!
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