Monyash in Derbyshire, is an attractive village situated close to one of derbyshires most beautiful dales, lathkill dale. Monyash owes much of its existence to the presence of a bed of impervious clay, able to hold water in 4 original ponds or `meres` as they are known. Only one mere remains.

Monyash was built up as an important lead mining centre and market village, its market charter having been granted in 1340. The old market cross, which still stands on the village green, had its base supposedly made from old village stocks.It was also once the site of a Barmote Court, the oldest industrial court in the country. It was also once known as a Quaker centre.