Dale Abbey

Dale Abbey
The ruins of the Abbey
Dale Abbey is located in Derbyshire
Dale Abbey
Dale Abbey
Location within Derbyshire
Population1,351 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK 436 388
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townILKESTON
Postcode districtDE7
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
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Derbyshire
52°56′42″N 1°21′07″W / 52.945°N 1.352°W / 52.945; -1.352

Dale Abbey is a village and civil parish in the borough of Erewash in Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England, 6 miles north east of Derby. The population of the civil parish on the 2011 census was 1,351.[1] Formerly known as Depedale or Deepdale, the village contains the remains of an abbey founded in the 12th or 13th century.

The north-west corner of the village is separately named as Dale, while the north-east corner is separately named as Dale Moor.[2]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Vision of Britain Through Time: Boundary Map of Dale Abbey CP/AP". Retrieved 2 March 2014.