Eyam has a powerful story: it reputedly chose to isolate itself from neighbouring communities when plague broke out in the village in 1666. The voluntary quarantine cost the lives of many but it ...

Mompesson and his wife Catherine, age 27, ministered to the people of Eyam in their small cottages, risking possible contagion. Her devotion to her husband and the villagers cost Catherine her life.

Inside Eyam, the heroic plague village where battle with deadly disease saved thousands. More than 250 villagers were wiped out during the 17th century contagion – but self-imposed quarantine ...

C hocolate-box villages are 10 a penny in the Peak District.I’ve mentioned a few of them in this column over the past couple of years – Edale and Hartington to name just two. Eyam, in the ...

Eyam, Derbyshire and coronavirus: The plague village that destroyed itself to save a nation in lockdown once again ...

Among the stone cottages and cosy pobs are clues to this village's history. ... With pretty stone cottages and narrow streets, the village of Eyam certainly doesn’t look out of place.