Peak District Online launches the new Monyash and Lathkill Dale Video

Jan. 6, 2011 - PRLog -- Monyash (or `Many-ash`) was so named for the abundance of ash trees which grew there, - but that was almost 1000 years ago when this somewhat isolated moorland village which stands on a flat upland limestone plain was first named in the Domesday Book of 1086.

The Video can be found here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvSWNd7H2lU

In recent centuries the `many-ashes` have largely disappeared, whilst conversely at One Ash Grange, which stands about half a mile away on the eastern fringes of the village, they appear to have multiplied!

However, the copse of stately limes which surround the picturesque church of St. Leonard`s are more than a recompense to the village for the loss of it`s `many ashes' The limes were planted by Rev.Robert Lomas, a former vicar of Monyash who was killed in 1776 after falling from a rocky tor at the head of Lathkill Dale,- which has been known ever since as `Parson`s Tor`.

Monyash lies at the head of the beautiful Lathkill Dale, and at the crossroads of four ancient trackways. The limestone dwellings of this upland village lie somewhat straggled along each side of the four lanes which radiate from the village green at it`s centre, and the signpost which stands at the cross roads, or `Crosslanes` as it is officially designated, denotes that it is 4 miles to Bakewell, 4 miles to Newhaven, 6 miles to Youlgreave, and 8 miles to Buxton. The smaller hamlets of Flagg and Sheldon lie 2 and 3 miles away respectively.

For more information on any villages in the peak district please visit

http://www.peakdistrictvillages.co.uk
http://www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk

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