In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hassop like this:
HASSOP, a village and a township in Bakewell parish, Derby. The village stands at the foot of a lofty hill, adjacent to the Buxton railway, 2 ½ miles N of Bakewell; and has a station, with telegraph, on tlie railway, and a post office under Bakewell. The township's acreage is retnrned with the parish. Real property, £2, 141. Pop., 139. Houses, 24. Hassop Hall is the seat of Col. Leslie; and was garrisoned, in 1643, for Chai.les I. A Roman Catholic Chapel, built in 1818, is near the entrance to the hall.
Hassop through time
Hassop is now part of Derbyshire Dales district. Click here for graphs and data of how Derbyshire Dales has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hassop itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hassop in Derbyshire Dales | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4059
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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