The village of Eyam lost 260 people to plague in the 1660s - but thousands more in neighbouring settlements were saved by the villagers' remarkable decision to cut themselves off from the outside ...

In 1666, William Mompesson, the rector of Eyam village, gathered its 750 residents to lay out a plan for containing an outbreak of the bubonic plague. They arrived at the decision to voluntarily ...

Remembering the selfless Derbyshire villagers who self-isolated during the plague They gave their lives to stop the 17th century disease spreading derbytelegraph ...

In September 1665, George Viccars, a tailor’s assistant in Eyam, unloaded a bundle of flea-infested blankets from London. Bubonic plague had recently broken out in the capital in the latest wave ...

It was the fall of 1665 in the village of Eyam in the Derbyshire Peak District of England. People had heard about the terrible outbreak of plague that year in London but there were no signs of ...

It’s also a place of unimaginable tragedy, sacrifice, and resilience. In the year 1665, Eyam was ravaged by the bubonic plague. As the disease spread rapidly throughout ...

In a video recounting her visit, Jackie wrote: "In 1665, the plague hit Eyam and they locked down the village, separating Emmott Sydall from her fiancé Rowland Torre.A post shared by Jackie Todd ...

IT’S been 350 years since the idyllic village of Eyam was blighted by the Great Plague, but now residents say they are facing another threat. Locals from the area, near the Peak District in t… ...

The village of Eyam lost 260 people to plague in the 1660s - but thousands more in neighbouring settlements were saved by the villagers' remarkable decision to cut themselves off from the outside ...