Chunal

CHUNAL, a hamlet and small ancient romantic village in the manor of Glossop, on the road to Hayfield, 2 miles S. from Glossop, contains 886 acres of land; and in 1851 had 23 houses and 113 inhabitants, of whom 68 were males and 55 females; rateable value £386 0s. 9d.; It consists of a few farms and one public house. The benevolent Joseph Haigh was born here. Gnat Hole, half a mile N., is a woollen manufactory, and a little nearer Glossop is the paper manufactory of Mr. Thos. H. Ibbotson, Here is also a candle wick manufactory.

White’s Directory of Derbyshire and Sheffield, 1857

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