- Tunstead Milton
Infobox UK place
country = England
static_
static_image_caption= Tunstead Milton.
latitude = 53.315
longitude = -1.954
map_type = Derbyshire
official_name = Tunstead Milton
population =
shire_district =High Peak
shire_county =Derbyshire
region = East Midlands
constituency_westminster =
post_town = HIGH PEAK |postcode_district =SK23
postcode_area = SK
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = SK031797Tunstead Milton is a
village inDerbyshire ,England .It is situated on the B470 road west of, and in the parish of,
Chapel en le Frith near the northern edge of the Coombes Reservoir.It is the location of Tunstead Dickey a "Screaming Skull" and is mentioned in Highways and Byways in Derbyshire by J B Frith a guide published in 1905 and in Blacks guide published throughout the 19C.
The Name Tunstead is likely derived from hundred homestead and Milton from Mill town.
The Hamlet has in the past had a post office a garage and two public houses all of which have now closed.
It should not be confused with Tunstead, which is roughly five miles to the southeast, near
Wormhill .
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