The Village of the Damned (Eyam Village - Derbyshire -England)
The Village of the Damned (Eyam Village - Derbyshire -England)
In 1665 a tailor from Eyam ordered a bale of cloth from London to make up into clothes for the villagers, unwittingly triggering a chain of events that led to 260 Eyam villagers dying from bubonic plague – more than double the mortality rate suffered by the citizens of London in the Great Plague.
Between the first death and the last, the villagers set an extraordinary and enduring example of self-sacrifice by sealing off the village from the surrounding areas to prevent the disease spreading.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35064071
In 1665 a tailor from Eyam ordered a bale of cloth from London to make up into clothes for the villagers, unwittingly triggering a chain of events that led to 260 Eyam villagers dying from bubonic plague – more than double the mortality rate suffered by the citizens of London in the Great Plague.
Between the first death and the last, the villagers set an extraordinary and enduring example of self-sacrifice by sealing off the village from the surrounding areas to prevent the disease spreading.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35064071
Very interesting story behind that village. Great share Darran 👍
ReplyDeleteLittle John Metal Detecting needs a once over with your detector John.
ReplyDeleteDarran Hughes Would be very nice to have a go to add the items to the history of the Village 😎
ReplyDeleteExtremely interesting!
ReplyDeletePatsy Priebe thanks Patsy.
ReplyDeleteFascinating post, Darran, and the information in the link is excellent.The Rector must have been quite persuasive in spite of the reluctance of others. It's amazing to think of how deadly that flea-infested material became to the village.
ReplyDeleteAnn Kennedy this sort of thing,although tragic, makes history so interesting.
ReplyDeleteDarran Hughes This post and it's link and photo's wins you this years "Show & Tell History of the World" prize. (there isn't any, but you should have it if there was.) Awesome post.
ReplyDeleteDarran Hughes Fascinating reading
ReplyDeleteSaras Corner thank you.
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