The plague village of Eyam Derbyshire England UK
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4616 x 3077 px | 39.1 x 26.1 cm | 15.4 x 10.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
2 August 2015Location:
Eyam, Derbyshire, England, UKMore information:
In 1665 plague hit England, and a consignment of cloth from London bound for Eyam, Derbyshire brought with it the infectious fleas which spread the disease. After an initial flurry of deaths in the autumn of that year it died down during the winter only to come back even more virulently in the spring of 1666. William Mompesson, the parish vicar or rector, in conjunction with another clergyman, the out-of-favour Puritan, Thomas Stanley, took the courageous decision to isolate the village. In all, 260 of the village's inhabitants, including his wife Catherine, died before the plague claimed its last victim in December 1666.