The History and Antiquities of Eyam: With a Full and Particular Account of the Great Plague, Which Desolated That Village, 1666 (1842)
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The History and Antiquities of Eyam: With a Full and Particular Account of the Great Plague, Which Desolated That Village, 1666 (1842)
Eyam, a village in Derbyshire, England famously chose to isolate itself when the plague was discovered there in August 1665. When the quarantine lifted, outsiders found only a fraction of the original inhabitants had survived the devastation.
This classic account includes the following chapters:
Preface 1. Description of Eyam 2. Antiquities 3. Manor of Eyam 4. The Plague 5. Traditions of the Plague 6. Memorials of the Plague 7. The Church 8. The Churchyard 9. The Rectors 10. The Mines 11. Minstrels 12. Families of Distinction 13. Benefactors of Eyam