| Description | Including:
the opinions of Earl Stanhope, patron of the benefice concerning proposed church alterations and the status of Dale Abbey as a peculiar jurisdiction;
the opinion of Derby Diocesan Registrar that Dale Abbey is a chapel of ease to the parish church of Stanton by Dale;
a letter from Professor Tristram regarding the state of the wall paintings and the Hermitage; and
a typescript account of Dale Abbey Church by Geoffrey G Willis |