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DALE ABBEY (ex. par.), Derbyshire

"DALE ABBEY, a chapelry in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, in the county of Derby, 5 miles N.E. of Derby. At Deepdale are remains of an abbey of Premonstratensian Canons, founded in Henry II.'s reign by Serlo-de-Grendon, and refounded at Stanley by Geoffrey-Saucemere, or Salicosa Mara, in 1204, in honour of the Virgin Mary; at the Dissolution its revenue was estimated at £144 12s."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

Church History

• All Saints, Dale Abbey - a delightful website relating this church's unique and fascinating history. Added 27 May 2006.

• Photograph of All Saints Church (1), Photograph of All Saints Church (2), Dale Abbey, from Paul Slater.
  All Saints is an interesting building because it has always been split into two. The left hand side (1) is the church and the right hand side (2) used to be a farm house. It is now however a private dwelling.

• Photograph of Unknown Chapel, Dale Abbey, from Paul Slater.

• Photograph of Abbey Ruins, Dale Abbey, from Paul Slater.

Church Records

• Nigel Batty-Smith's site of United Kingdom Genealogy has scanned images of Marriages at Dale Abbey, 1667-1813 (from Phillmore's Derbyshire Parish Registers - Marriages, Volume 1).

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Dale Abbey by Ann Andrews. Added 8 Dec 2005.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Dale Abbey from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

History

• There is a brief History of Dale Abbey included on the Ilkeston and District Local History Society website. Added 27 May 2006.

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