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!
