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Eyam Hall is a country house within the civil parish of Eyam, Derbyshire, located to the west of St Lawrence's Church, Eyam. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building. [1] Eyam Hall was leased to the National Trust from 2013 until 2018. [2]
The history of the village is notable because when the plague broke out in 1666, ... Historic England, "Eyam Hall, Eyam (1334913)", ...
The Desolation of Eyam by William and Mary Howitt, London, 1827 [51] "Cucklet Church", a poem that accompanied a description of Eyam and its history by the prolific Sheffield author Samuel Roberts. [52] The Tale of Eyam, a story of the plague in Derbyshire, and other poems by an OLD BLUE, London, 1888.
This is intended to be as full a list as possible of country houses, castles, palaces, other stately homes, and manor houses in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands; any architecturally notable building which has served as a residence for a significant family or a notable figure in history.
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 ]
St Lawrence's Church, Eyam. The church is medieval with elements from the 13th and 15th centuries. It was partially rebuilt in 1619. The church was restored in 1868–70 by George Edmund Street [4] with the work started by Malland and Son of Bamford at a cost of £1,337 (equivalent to £161,587 in 2023) [5] for rebuilding the chancel and installing a new window.
Derbyshire is first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 1048 in Manuscript D, known as the "Northern Recension". [2] Its creation appears to be a result of the dismemberment of the Mercian Kingdom's province of the Peak District and the chronicle says, under 1048: “her wæs eac eorðstyrung on Kalendas Maias on manegum stowum, on Wygracestre on Wic on Deorby elles gehwær, eac wæs ...
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