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Old Glossop Christmas market
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Origin of the name ‘Mount Famine’
Way back between 1750 and 1850, Enclosure Acts were passed that resulted in land such as commons and moorlands being allocated to private landowners. These landowners built walls to section off parts of their new land in order to lease it to tenant farmers. Unfortunately, the land often wasn’t suitable for successful farming, and so the tenant farmers, despite their hard work, often went hungry. These farmers are sometimes memorialised in place-names. Mount Famine is an example of this in the Dark Peak. Other notable examples include Starvation Hill, Never Gains, Famish Acre, and Mount Misery – all in Dartmoor. (Info from Hill Explorer website.)
You probably already know this Colin, but I took the liberty of adding it for anyone else who was wondering. I don't want to hi-jack your photo though, so please feel free to delete!
Sorry, forgot to say.........an interesting photo!
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