Various Iron Age and Romano-British finds are said to have come from fields around Little Padfield Farm - the findspots are not given

Roman Fortlet east of Highstones Tintwistle.

A silver coin of Caius Valerius Flaccus (82 B.C.) was found in 1935 in the garden off Shuttlewood Road.

Some flint flakes, a possible arrowhead and a single possible tessera were found in a trench during cable laying in 1938

Stables built in the late 18th century and converted into a hospital in 1857. Baths were built in the grounds in 1914. In 2003 to 2004, the hospital was turned into a campus for the University of Derby.

Large Bronze Age round barrow excavated in 1846 and 1862. There is possible evidence of re-use in the Romano-British period.

Railway largely constructed between 1837 and 1838 and opened in July 1840.

Large Neolithic/early Bronze Age chambered cairn excavated in the 1800s and 1973-1974, with evidence of re-use in the Roman period.

Tramway operated by continuous-rope haulage system between Stanley Footrill Colliery and a coal wharf at Roe Farm, Chaddesden. Opened 1894; closed 1918.

Excavations in 1974 and 1975 indicate medieval (or earlier) settlement to the south and east of the church, while earthworks, now destroyed, suggested settlement to the west also