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The "Eyam Hypothesis" is a medical theory named after the village's contribution to containing the spread of the plague through self-isolation. It has been proposed in the recent discussion over whether observed isolationary behaviour in sickness among vertebrates is the result of evolution or of altruism and still awaits validation.
Eyam is a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 55 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, two are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
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."
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. In all, 260 of the village's inhabitants, including his wife Catherine ...
Jumber Brook is a stream in Eyam in the Derbyshire Peak District. [1] The stream originates to the north of the villiage between Abney and Leam. [2] The brook flows south through the middle of the village before meeting the Dale Brook in Middleton Dale near Stoney Middleton.
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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
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 ]