| Description | Note. Includes historical notes on The Hermitage, parish church, the Abbey and the village, with the following plans: D1548/5/33/1; Dale Abbey before the dissolution drawn on 1:2500 OS map, 1977. D1548/5/33/2; Dale Abbey in 1681 drawn on 1:2500 OS map, 1977 taken from a map of 1681 by Johem Oldfield. D1548/5/33/3; 1:25000 OS map marked with conjectural route of The Portway; partial boundary of Dale and Stanton Common in 1781; site of ironworks c.1789; and site of Dale Moor Workhouse; c.1977. |