former director of Port Vale F.C. Jack Simcock (1929–2012), artist, known for "a long series of bleak, sombre oils on board" of the Mow Cop area where he lived. Allen John Tankard (born 1969), English former footballer who played 519 league games, 275 for Port Vale. After retiring he worked in Mow Cop at a minibus and coach hire company which he now co-owns. References The following references are listed in the two books by Philip R. Leese: Covers quarrying, coal mining, fustian, farming, shops and small businesses, and public houses. Covers social life, literary references to the hill, the Castle, the Mow Cop Giantess (Hannah Dale), Primitive Methodism, chapels, churches, schools, recreation, wartime reminiscences, and the artist Jack Simcock. External links Mow Cop Computer-generated summit panoramas History of Mow Cop Villages in Cheshire Villages in Staffordshire Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Towns and villages of the Peak District