Luxury Holiday Cottages In Monyash

Monyash is a small village situated in the middle of the Peak District and the perfect place to choose for one of the luxury holiday cottages in the area. The village lies in a shallow hollow in the limestone plateau at the head of Lathkill Dale. Most of the houses sit along two roads and at the intersection is the village green. The rolling scenery around the village is typical of the White Peak area, with limestone walled fields and small clumps of broad-leaved trees. Monyash was built up as an important lead mining centre and market village, its market charter having been granted in 1340. The old market cross, which still stands on the village green, had its base supposedly made from the village stocks. It was also once the site of a Barmote Court, the oldest industrial court in the country. Monyash owes much of its existence to the presence of a bed of impervious clay, able to hold water in four original ponds or ‘meres’ as they are known, only one mere remains now. St Leonards Church in Monyash was founded in 1198 and has a13th century parish chest and a 15th century font. Little remains of the old lead mining industry that employed so many of the villagers from the surrounding countryside, but at Sheldon, closeby, is Magpie Mine, one of the finest lead mining relics in the country. The 17th century Bull’s Head pub is one of the oldest buildings in the village and the perfect place for an evening out when staying in one of the local luxury holiday cottages.