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The Abbot's Chair

The Abbot's Chair is the common name of a former monastic cross, the Charlesworth Cross. Only the socket remains of this boundary cross, built by the monks of Basingwerk Abbey in North Wales. Henry II of England gave the manor of Glossop to the monks, and they gained a market charter for Glossop in 1290, and one for Charlesworth in 1328. In 1433 the monks leased all of Glossopdale to the Talbot family, later Earls of Shrewsbury.

It is close to the town of Glossop in the High Peak borough of the English county of Derbyshire, on the so-called Monks Road, [1] near the entrance track to Taiga Farm. The monks used this route in order to reach Hayfield, Simmondley and other villages.

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References

  1. History, Topography, and Directory of Derbyshire: Comprising Its History and Archaeology: a General View of Its Physical and Geological Features, with Separate Historical and Topographical Descriptions of Each Town, Parish, Manor, and Extra-parochial Liberty. Preston: T. Bulmer & Co. 1895. p. 151.

Coordinates: 53°24′34″N1°57′28″W / 53.40951°N 1.95784°W / 53.40951; -1.95784