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MONYASH, Derbyshire

"MONYASH, a township and chapelry in the parish of Bakewell, hundred of High Peak, county Derby, four miles S.W. of Bakewell, its post town, and 7 W. of the Rowsley station. The village, which is small, is situated in a hollow near the source of the river Lathkill, and near the High Peak railway. It was formerly a market town, and is mentioned in Domesday Survey as being a place of penal settlement for ill-behaved monks."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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Description and Travel Directories Gazetteers History

Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in St Leonard's Churchyard, Monyash, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard.

• Photograph of War Memorial, Monyash, from Alf Beard. Added 2 Nov 2004.

Census

• Complete transcriptions of the Monyash Census of 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1881 - included as Four Rural Areas, 1851-1881 - are accessible by various means.

Church History

• Photograph of Primitive Methodist Chapel, Monyash, from Alf Beard. Added 1 Oct 2005.

• Photograph of St Leonard's Church, Monyash, from Andrew McCann.

• Photograph of St Leonard's Church (South View), Photograph of Inside St Leonard's Church, and Photograph of St Leonard's Church (The Font), Monyash, from Alf Beard.

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of St Leonard's Church is available for purchase from Valerie Neal. Added 1 Nov 2007.

Description and Travel

• Information about, and photographs of Monyash are featured on the Derbyshire UK page on Monyash village in Derbyshire.

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Monyash by Ann Andrews.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Monyash from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

History

• Monyash is one of the villages for which information on its history, and news is provided, on the Primitive Hall web site. The site is regularly updated with recent and future events.

• Transcription of section of Lysons' Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817, for Monyash by Barbarann Ayars.

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