Monyash in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Monyash, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

• Abney
• Ashford [-in-the-Water]
• Aston
• Bakewell
• Bamford
• Baslow
• Beeley
• Birchills
• Birchover
• Blackwell
• Bradwell
• Bubnell
• Burley
• Burton

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Monyash is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Monyash.

Listed Buildings Near Monyash

Historic England records 14 listed buildings within about a mile of Monyash. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of St Leonard - 0.45 km

Grade II

• Ivy Cottage - 0.46 km
• Manor House Farmhouse - 0.48 km
• The Bull’s Head Public House - 0.58 km
• Village Cross - 0.61 km
• Old Hall Cottages - 0.62 km
• Mere Farmhouse and Outbuilding - 0.63 km
• K6 Telephone Kiosk - 0.63 km
• Chandlers - 0.64 km
• Post Office, House and Dairy - 0.64 km
• Shuttle Hill Cottage - 0.65 km
• Quaker Chapel - 0.65 km
• Sheldon House - 0.67 km
• Townend Farmhouse - 0.73 km

Monyash Today

Today Monyash lies within the administrative area of Derbyshire Dales, and the settlement recorded a population of 308 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.

Read more about modern Monyash on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• One Ash - 1.4 km SE
• Sheldon - 2.8 km NE
• Flagg - 2.8 km NW
• Nether and Over Haddon - 5.0 km E
• Ashford -in-the-Water - 5.0 km NE
• Pilsbury - 5.0 km SW