Eyam

British

/ iːm /

noun

a village in N central England, in Derbyshire. When plague reached the village in 1665 the inhabitants, led by the Rev. Mompesson, isolated themselves to prevent it spreading further: as a result most of them died, including Mompesson's family

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Three miles away, the head teacher of Eyam CE Primary School - Oona Gilbertson - is concerned about falling pupil numbers in recent years.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2024

Grateful people from other villages left food outside a circle of stones around Eyam.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2014

The most famous voluntary cordon, according to Joseph P. Byrne, a historian at Belmont University in Nashville, was of the English village of Eyam.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2014

There was no laughter from the congregation of 600 gathered in the field outside the village of Eyam.

From Time Magazine Archive

This remarkable man was born at Eyam in 1791, the village so famous for the story of its plague, in an old house long held by his family.

From The Parish Clerk by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

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