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Morley Park Works is a complex of medieval and post-medieval industrial earthworks located in Derbyshire. The site preserves evidence of ironworking activity, with surviving features including hammer ponds, leats, and associated archaeological deposits that document the development of iron production in the region. The works represent the exploitation of local iron ore and water resources typical of medieval and early modern industrial sites in the Midlands, with evidence of activity spanning several centuries. The surviving earthworks and landscape features provide valuable archaeological testimony to the technological and economic practices of metalworking industries during this period.
Morley Park Works is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007039. View the official record →
Morley Park Works is a complex of medieval and post-medieval industrial earthworks located in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007039.
Morley Park Works 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 1007039.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rykneld Street section of Roman road S of Ticknall Hill (3 km), Butterley Works blast furnaces, canal tunnel and underground wharf (3.2 km), Codnor Castle (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Morley Park Works'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.
Morley Park Works 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.