Mossy Lea Reservoir is a disused reservoir near Glossop, north Derbyshire. 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. It was taken over in 1929 by the Glossop Corporation Waterworks. This became part of the Manchester Corporation Waterworks in 1959. Swineshaw Reservoir, Hurst Reservoir and Mossy Lea Reservoir are no longer in service.[1]

Mossy Lea Reservoir
Mossy Lea from Shire Hill
Mossy Lea Reservoir is located in Derbyshire
Mossy Lea Reservoir
Mossy Lea Reservoir
LocationNorth Derbyshire, England
Coordinates53°26′54″N 1°54′51″W / 53.4483°N 1.9142°W / 53.4483; -1.9142
Typeimpounding reservoir
Basin countriesUnited Kingdom

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  1. ^ Quayle, Tom (2006). The Cotton Industry in Longdendale and Glossopdale. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Tempus. p. 61.