Monyash
Sign in to saveMonyash (/muhn-ee-ash/ munyash) is a village and civil parish in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England, west of the market town Bakewell. It is centred on a village green above sea level at the head of Lathkill Dale in the limestone area known as the White Peak. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 314. Tourism and farming (milk, beef and lamb) are the predominant activities of the village. The area was once an important meeting place, a watering point for drovers’ animals at the intersection of several trade routes, and industrial centre supporting the local lead mining industry.
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- UK place.official_name
- Monyash
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Monyash village green and remains of the market cross, Derbyshire, UK.JPG
- UK place.static_image_width
- 200
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Village green
- UK place.map_type
- Derbyshire
- UK place.population
- 314
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- Derbyshire Dales
- UK place.shire_county
- Derbyshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Derbyshire Dales
- UK place.post_town
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- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Derbyshire Dales
- Population
- +314
- Shares border with
- Ashford in the Water
- Image
- St Leonard's Church, Monyash (5450896372).jpg
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Monyash (/muhn-ee-ash/ munyash) is a village and civil parish in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England, west of the market town Bakewell. It is centred on a village green above sea level at the head of Lathkill Dale in the limestone area known as the White Peak. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 314. Tourism and farming (milk, beef and lamb) are the predominant activities of the village. The area was once an important meeting place, a watering point for drovers’ animals at the intersection of several trade routes, and industrial centre supporting the local lead mining industry.
==History== People have been living in and around Monyash since Neolithic times (3750–1750 BC) and probably before then. The nearby impressive stone circle and henge, Arbor Low, was likely built around 2000 BC by people living in the village who also farmed the relatively fertile soils at the head of Lathkill Dale.