Theories as to the derivation of the Peak District name include the idea that it came from the Pecsaetan or peaklanders, an Anglo-Saxon tribe who inhabited the central and northern parts of the area from the 6th century AD when it fell within the large Anglian kingdom of Mercia.
V istem obdobju in v železni dobi, je bilo ustvarjenih več pomembnih gradišč kot je ta v Mam Tor.