Eyam

British  

/ iːm /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

Then in the late spring of 1666, the plague erupted again in Eyam.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cross at Eyam stands near the entrance into the chancel of the church.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 563, August 25, 1832 by Various