Eyam
/ (iːm) /
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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Eyam was a village of some three hundred and fifty inhabitants, standing among meadows around which the hills towered.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles CreightonSeventy-six households in Eyam were infected, and out of these two hundred and fifty-nine persons were buried of the plague.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles CreightonStanley, his Dissenting colleague at Eyam, died there a few years after the plague.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles CreightonEyam was one of those basins which, on a large scale or on a small, have often been observed to keep infection in their soil.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles CreightonThe very beautiful cross at Eyam, in Derbyshire, differs both in style and workmanship from almost any other.
English Villages | P. H. Ditchfield
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