In 1837, 50 local millowners and gentlemen, known as the "Glossop Commissioners", obtained an Act of Parliament to construct the Glossop Reservoirs.

Hurst Reservoir was on the Hurst Brook and Mossy Lea Reservoir was to take water from the Shelf Brook.

Only the Hurst Reservoir was constructed before the money ran out.

Mossy Lea Reservoir was constructed privately in 1840 by the Duke of Norfolk.

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