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The Roses of Eyam is a historical drama by Don Taylor about the Great Plague that swept Britain in 1665/66. It is largely based on the events that happened in the "plague village" of Eyam in Derbyshire, between September 1665 and December 1666 . [ 1 ]
An account of the plague in Eyam and the encounter between the author and a granddaughter of one of the victims, it is prefaced by lines purporting to come from a poem titled "The Plague of Eyam" and also contains the lyric "Eyam Banks". The Brave Men of Eyam – a tale of the great plague year by Edward N. Hoare, SPCK, 1881. [56]
Eyam Museum or as it is locally known Eyam Plague museum is a local museum in the village of Eyam, located in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Overview
Cucklet Church, formerly known as Cucklet Delph, is a cave west of Jumber Brook in Eyam, Derbyshire. [2] The book Caves of the Peak District describes it as "A series of through arches in a prominent buttress." [1] It lies within the Stoney Middleton Dale Site of Special Scientific Interest. [3]
The cemetery, on the outskirts of Eyam, contains the graves of the Hancock family who died during the outbreak of the plague that spread from London to the village in 1666. [3] Elizabeth Hancock buried her husband and six children, carrying the remains up the hill to the burial site. [ 4 ]
The parish contains the village of Eyam and the surrounding countryside. The history of the village is notable because when the plague broke out in 1666, the village went into voluntary quarantine to prevent the disease from spreading outside. [1]
In 1665 plague hit England, and a consignment of cloth bound for Eyam brought with it the infectious fleas which spread the disease. Mompesson, in conjunction with another clergyman, the ejected Puritan , Thomas Stanley, took the courageous decision to isolate the village.
William Mompesson (1639 – 7 March 1709) was a Church of England priest whose decisive action when his Derbyshire parish, Eyam, became infected with the plague in the 17th century averted more widespread catastrophe.