Currently a part of the main shopping area of Woodseats along Chesterfield Road with most of its buildings dating to the early twentieth century, this area is depicted as already developed with small buildings in 1832. The road name 'The Dale' suggests that this is the hamlet of 'Woodseats Dale' mentioned in the Elizabethan parish registers of Norton. 16th and 17th century Norton parish registers suggest that the hamlets of Woodseats and Woodseats Dale were involved with both agricultural and early industrial activities - with a 24 of the 46 individuals listed between 1560 and 1620 employed in scythe, nail and cutlery manufacturing (Kingston 2004, chap5 p11). Fragmentary legibility of former hamlet - potential for surviving pre 20th century buildings unknown.