During the last plague epidemic in England, the village of Eyam gained tragic notoriety. Its residents paid a terrible price for a heroic act. Photo: AFP via Getty Images During the last plague ...
On 1 November 1666 farm worker Abraham Morten gasped his final breath - the last of 260 people to die from bubonic plague in the remote Derbyshire village of Eyam. Their fate had been sealed four ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. As coronavirus spreads across the world, David Whitley takes a look back at the extremes one English village went to battling a plague.
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12 charming photos of Eyam: The Peak District village that sacrificed itself to stop the plague
Eyam is best known for the devastating plague outbreak of 1665-1666. The disease - likely carried in a flea-infested bundle of cloth from London - arrived in the village, prompting an extraordinary ...
The village of Eyam saw 260 of its residents killed by the plague On 1 November 1666 farm worker Abraham Morten gasped his final breath - the last of 260 people to die from bubonic plague in the ...
On 1 November 1666 farm worker Abraham Morten gasped his final breath - the last of 260 people to die from bubonic plague in the remote Derbyshire village of Eyam. Their fate had been sealed four ...
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