century. As remarked earlier, the masonry of a lock on the Erewash Canal shows similar evidence of its origin. Some stonework from the abbey may still be found in St Bartholomew’s church, Elvaston.

More St Mary’s Abbey floor tiles may be found in Morley church, at the east end of the north aisle. Prior to 1850 these were scattered throughout the church but in 1850 they were put together. The Morley arms, with 3 bells, is there, plus set patterns, initial and armorial tiles of the earls of Lancaster, Beauchamp, Grey, Deincourt, Cantilupe, De Quinci, Babington, Thomas FitzAlan, Arch, Canterbury, Hillary, England and France, Abingdon, Zouch and others. It also appears that various collections in the British Museum have some tiles originating in St Mary’s Abbey.

Various pieces of the abbey’s woodwork are to be found in Radbourn church, west of Derby. 18 of the abbey’s roodscreen panels form the front of the Hall pew and each measures 36 inches by 13 inches. Choir stall ends, perhaps from the Lady Chapel, with the linenfold pattern with foliage and curious finials, and the font cover are also at Radbourn: the latter is an oak octagonal pyramid carved with emblems of the evangelists in relief.  

The font itself is now in the south aisle of All Saints’ church, Dale Abbey. It has been on its travels: it was recovered from Stanton Hall in 1860 by Mr John Hancock of Boyah Grange, who put it in All Saints’ churchyard; it had been employed as a flower vase at Stanton Hall; it was put in the church in 1884 at the suggestion of Revd C. Kerry. It has an octagonal bowl of the 15th century, two sides of which bear sculptures representing the Virgin Mary and Child and the Crucifixion, now much damaged. The remaining six panels are covered with shields in shallow relief, only one of which bears a charge – a saltire.

In 1863 one Dr Hall saw a little door inside Manor House ‘made of a piece of beautifully carved wood’, probably monastic. This had disappeared by the time of the Second World War. Abbey House also has beams, part of the structure of the cottage, which seem to be very ancient and may be re-used monastic timber.
Finally, some pieces of metalwork have survived. There is a brass grave slab dating from about 1370 in Morley church on the reverse side of Sir Thomas Sacheverell's tomb slab and there is a rubbing of this in the care of the Society of Antiquaries, London: it is of the matrix of the brass and shows a priest in monastic vestments with two prayer scrolls. A further fragment of a layman's head has also been found. A lead alloy seal was dug up in Draycott by Matthew Hawkesley of Toton in 2003: the seal is thought to belong to ‘a papal document confirming rights of land and property in three villages to the monks [sic] of Dale Abbey’. The weight is 31 grams and it measures 38.5mm. The document is thought to have been sent from Rome in 1224 by Pope Honorius III who reigned 1216-1227, and confirms the canons’ rights to possessions in Ockbrook, Stanley and Depedale.