2018
SK2176 : Plague Cottages, Eyam
taken 7 years ago, near to Eyam, Derbyshire, England
Plague Cottages, Eyam
Probably only in Eyam would it seem appropriate to call a house 'plague cottage'. This row is known as plague cottages because it was here in 1665 that George Viccars, a journeyman tailor, lodged with a widow and her two sons. He received a consignment of cloth from London - where bubonic plague was raging - and from this he contracted the disease and was the first victim in the village.
Eyam
Eyam is a village in the Peak District National Park. The village is noted for an outbreak of bubonic plague which occurred there in 1665, in which the villagers chose to isolate themselves rather than let the infection spread. The present village was founded and named by Anglo-Saxons, although lead had been mined in the area by the Romans. Formerly industrial, its economy now relies on the tourist trade and it is promoted as 'the plague village'.
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- Grid Square
- SK2176, 361 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Stephen McKay (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 19 November, 2018 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 27 November, 2018
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SK 2171 7641 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:17.0533N 1:40.5498W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SK 2173 7639
- View Direction
- Northwest (about 315 degrees)
