Stanley Grange, ctd
In 1903 bones, probably pagan, were found and re-interred in Stanley churchyard. IDHS1913 says it was a wooden coffin believed to be of Roman origin.
The grange may have had a chapel attached: the chapel of St Cross mentioned in 1392. This is not to be identified with Stanley church (C39GM).
A medieval iron-working centre was excavated by Trent and Peak Archaeological Trust in 1997: 8 hearths were found with mid 13th century – early 14th century pottery; activities included ore crushing, smelting, bloom refining. The site was subsequently destroyed by outcropping.
Boyah Grange
The site presently consists of a brick house of the 18th century and modern farm buildings. The house sits on a rectangular moat, still partly a pond (KERRY, IH). The moat may be from Serlo’s building: it is now nearly all dry but 2 portions survive as ponds (C39GM).
The grange was built after 1166 (C39), and existed by 1289-98 (CLARK).
Kerry said Ralph FitzGeremund lived there before the hermit arrived in Depedale, but had no evidence for this. Serlo de Grendon lived there c. 1180. The house had disappeared by the middle of the 13th century, so it was probably wooden (C39GM).
Serlo II de Grendon gave the site to the Dale Abbey canons (C40) and a monastic grange was built there in the 13th century.
It was mentioned in the Inventory, and was presumably acquired by Francis Pole (C39GM).
The deserted hamlet of Boyah SK443382 was in the pasture to the north of the Grange, and was surveyed by Derbyshire Archaeological Society in 1994: they found hollow ways, banks and platforms (IH).