English Heritage sites near Monyash Parish
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
1 miles from Monyash Parish
The region's most important prehistoric site, Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument atmospherically set in high moorland. A circle of some 50 white limestone slabs within an earthen bank and ditch.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
6 miles from Monyash Parish
A small early Bronze Age stone circle of (actually) ten stones. Believed to be nine ladies turned to stone as a penalty for dancing on Sunday.
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
8 miles from Monyash Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
PEVERIL CASTLE
11 miles from Monyash Parish
Founded soon after 1066 by William Peverel, one of William the Conqueror's most trusted knights, Peveril Castle offers breathtaking views of the Peak District from its position high above Castleton.
WINGFIELD MANOR
15 miles from Monyash Parish
The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house, with a huge undercrofted Great Hall and a defensible High Tower 22 metres (72 feet) tall.
CROXDEN ABBEY
17 miles from Monyash Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
Churches in Monyash Parish
St Leonard Church, Monyash
St Leonard Church
Church Street
Monyash
Near Bakewell
01629 630409
Our Team
Vicar
The Reverend Adele Barker is Priest in Charge for churches in both the White Peak and Youlgrave benefices.
The Reverend Adele Barker
The New Vicarage
Conksbury Lane
Youlgreave
Bakewell
DE45 1WR
Tel: 01629 630409
Mobile: 07946 154852
Email: [email protected]
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Pubs in Monyash Parish
Bull's Head
Church St, Monyash, DE45 1JH
(01629) 812372
thebullsheadmonyash.co.uk