Eyam
Sign in to saveEyam () is an English village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales that lies within the Peak District National Park. There is evidence of early occupation by Ancient Britons on the surrounding moors and lead was mined in the area by the Romans. A settlement was founded on the present site by Anglo-Saxons, when mining was continued and other industries later developed. However, Eyam's main claim to fame is the story of how the village chose to go into isolation so as to prevent infection spreading after bubonic plague was discovered there in 1665.
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Eyam
- UK place.static_image_name
- Eyam Church - geograph.org.uk - 21749.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Eyam parish church
- UK place.label_position
- bottom
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK220764
- UK place.population
- 926
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Eyam
- UK place.shire_district
- Derbyshire Dales
- UK place.shire_county
- Derbyshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Derbyshire Dales
- Population
- +926
- Shares border with
- Highlow
- Image
- Eyam Hall is open.jpg
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- Colin Kolles
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Article
23 sectionsContents
- Governance
- History
- 1665 plague outbreak
- Plague Sunday
- Legacy
- Eyam Hypothesis
- Plague literature
- Poems
- Fiction
- Theatre
- Music
- Operas
- Musicals
- Songs
- Places of interest
- Cultural representations
- Paintings
- Literature
- Notable residents
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
Eyam () is an English village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales that lies within the Peak District National Park. There is evidence of early occupation by Ancient Britons on the surrounding moors and lead was mined in the area by the Romans. A settlement was founded on the present site by Anglo-Saxons, when mining was continued and other industries later developed. However, Eyam's main claim to fame is the story of how the village chose to go into isolation so as to prevent infection spreading after bubonic plague was discovered there in 1665.
In the later 20th century, the village's sources of livelihood largely disappeared. The local economy now relies on the tourist trade, with Eyam being promoted as "the plague village".