Stanton By Dale -
Part 4 - Dale Road
w/e 06 July
2003
For the information about
Stanton By Dale I am indebted to my wife Sandra who conducted
much of the research, the staff at Ilkeston Library for help
with archived material and the Erewash Groundwork Trust who provided
an excellent leaflet packed with information.
We resume our
stroll around Stanton By Dale outside the Wesleyan Chapel of
1860 on Dale Road. The row of red-bricked, slate-roofed cottages
next to the chapel are even older than the chapel as they appeared
on the Tithe Map of 1844.
The cottage
at the opposite end of the row to the chapel has been converted
into a public house and goes by the name of The Chequers Inn.
The inn sign (inset) depicts a game of chequers in progress.
Across the road
bedding plants and well manicured grass add much to the ambience
of Dale Road.
Further along, a wall made from
slag, a waste product of iron making, is a reminder of the area's
past. Waste product it may have been but it provides an ideal
base for many rockery plants.
The Erewash Groundwork Trust's
leaflet describes Dale Road as a "sunken lane". The
lane continues here from the end of the village to reach in a
mile or so, the remains of the Abbey and the village at Dale.
Turning to retrace our steps
to the centre of the village, a sign that I don't think you will
find in the Highway Code warns motorists and pedestrians alike
of a feline proximity. Now I've heard of zebra crossings, pelican
crossings and even panda crossings but this is the first cat
crossing I've seen!
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other pages from this series about Stanton By Dale.
