Peak Experience

Robert de Salocia and Matthew de Eston founded this church as a chantry chapel to Bakewell in about 1200.  Monyash became a parish in its own right in 1650.

 

There are a few surviving Norman features, such as the stone priest’s seats in the chancel, but most of the church you see now dates from the 1200s and 1300s.  The north and south transepts were originally built in the 1300s but later demolished.

 

In 1887, the church was restored, and the north and south transepts were rebuilt.  The floor tiles and pews were added at the same time.

 

A picture of monyash church

The lime trees around the churchyard were planted in the 1700s by the vicar, Robert Lomas.  He was killed falling off a cliff into Lathkill Dale nearby, whilst returning in a drunken state from Bakewell on a dark night.  The cliff is now known as Parson’s Tor.

 

The church is not generally kept open.  There are a pub and tearoom in the village.