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Dale Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery founded in the twelfth century in Derbyshire. The site retains substantial architectural remains including the crossing tower and chancel of the abbey church, which demonstrate the Transitional and Early English Gothic styles characteristic of religious foundations of this period. The abbey was dissolved during the Reformation, after which the precinct was adapted for domestic use, with a house subsequently built incorporating some of the surviving monastic structures. The ruins, set within a wooded valley landscape, represent an important example of the medieval religious architecture and monastic settlement pattern of the English Midlands.
Dale Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007061. View the official record →
Dale Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery founded in the twelfth century in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007061.
Dale Abbey is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1007061.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lock up and pinfold (4.5 km), Anglo-Scandinavian high cross shaft in the churchyard of St Werburgh's Church, Spondon (4.8 km), Anglian high cross in the churchyard of St Helen's Church (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Dale Abbey's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Dale Abbey stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.