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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Dale_Abbey_2019_east_window_-_interior01.jpg) Interior view of the east window, Dale Abbey, Derbyshire. | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Derbyshire_UK_location_map.svg)  Location within Derbyshire | |
| Monastery information | |
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| Full name | Church of the blessed Mary of Stanley Park - Ecclesia beatae Mariae de Parco Stanleye |
| Order | Premonstratensian |
| Established | 15 August 1204 (probably consecration of the church) |
| Disestablished | 24 October 1538 |
| Mother house | Newsham Abbey |
| Dedicated to | Mary, mother of Jesus |
| Diocese | Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield |
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| Site | |
| Location | Dale Abbey, near Ilkeston, Borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, DE7 4PN |
| Coordinates | 52°56′39″N 1°21′01″W / 52.9443°N 1.3502°W |
| Grid reference | grid reference SK 43749 38740 |
| Visible remains | Arch of church east window, wall footings. |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Abbey Ruins |
| Designated | 10 November 1967 |
| Reference no. | 1140435 |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Church of All Saints and Vergers Farmhouse |
| Designated | 10 November 1967 |
| Reference no. | 1140436 |
| Official name | Hermitage 170m south east of All Saints Church |
| Designated | 12 April 1972 |
| Reference no. | 1019632 |
| Public access | East window visible from nearby footpath. Permission to vew footings and museum: contact Abbey House. Church still in use: contact parish office for visiting details. Hermitage open at all times. |
Dale Abbey, also known as the Abbey of Stanley Park, was a religious house, close to Ilkeston in Derbyshire. Its ruins are located at the village of Dale Abbey, which is named after it. Its foundation legend portrays it as developing from a hermitage, probably in the early 12th century.
After several false starts, it was finally constituted as an abbey in 1204. It was affiliated to the Premonstratensians (also called Norbertines and White Canons), an order of canons regular in which it played, at times, a leading part among English houses. It acquired a large number of small properties, concentrated in areas of the East Midlands, developed a network of granges and appropriated a number of lucrative parish churches.
Its discipline and reputation varied considerably, particularly in the 15th century, and it seems to have fallen away from the original austerity. By 1536 its income was well below the threshold set for the Dissolution of Lesser Monasteries. Although there were accusations of grave immorality, the abbey was allowed to pay a fine to continue its existence until 1538.[1]
- ^ Page, William, ed. (1907). Houses of Premonstratensian canons: The abbey of Dale. Vol. 2. British History Online. pp. 69–75. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
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