Dinting

Dinting is also a mining term used to describe the removal of parts of the floor which lift due to floor heave.

Dinting railway viaduct in 1994

Dinting is a district of Glossop in Derbyshire, England. It is a small village and has no shops; the nearest are in neighbouring Glossop or Hadfield. However, there is a small primary school, Dinting C of E, located near the viaduct. The village is served by Dinting railway station. It is notable for the structure Dinting Arches, part of the Glossop Line which goes as far as Manchester Piccadilly railway station, and the Dinting Railway Centre, which was run by the Bahamas Locomotive Society until it closed in 1991 due to lease difficulties. The museum moved to the Ingrow station alongside the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Line [1].

Former High Peak Mayor Cllr Jean Wharmby is the ward's Conservative councillor.

Notable residents

• Blessed Nicholas Garlick, Catholic priest and martyr, was born here c. 1555.^[1]

References

1. ^ public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913

Coordinates: 53°27′N 1°58′W / 53.45°N 1.967°W / 53.45; -1.967