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Stanley monastic grange is a medieval iron working site in Derbyshire associated with monastic agricultural and industrial activity. The grange, operated as an outlying estate of a religious house, exploited the local iron ore deposits and water resources to support iron smelting and smithing operations during the medieval period. Physical remains at the site reflect the infrastructure of medieval iron production, including evidence of furnaces and associated working areas typical of monastic industrial enterprises. The site represents an important example of how religious communities developed natural resources and engaged in craft production alongside their primary agricultural functions.
Medieval iron working remains at Stanley monastic grange is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019633. View the official record →
Stanley monastic grange is a medieval iron working site in Derbyshire associated with monastic agricultural and industrial activity. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019633.
Medieval iron working remains at Stanley monastic grange 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 1019633.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and two fishponds at Moat Wood (1.3 km), Moated site in Mapperley Park Wood (2 km), Dale Abbey (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval iron working remains at Stanley monastic grange'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.
Medieval iron working remains at Stanley monastic grange 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.