The town centre was originally this village, but it migrated to the west with the industrial revolution and the building of a planned mill town (originally called Howard Town or New Glossop) and the railway from Manchester to Sheffield and its branch to Glossop railway station just north of Norfolk Square.
The town centre was originally a rural settlement, but it relocated to the west during the industrial revolution and moved into a planned mill town (initially known as Howard Town or New Glossop) and along with the construction of a railway line from Manchester to Sheffield and its branch to Glossop railway station just north of Norfolk Square.