A cottage in Eyam, England, where several victims of the bubonic plague lived. (AP Photo/Alina Hartounian) By Zach Purser Brown. It was called the Black Death.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Eyam’s inspiring tale of sorrow and self-sacrifice Plague devastated village in 1665, but residents’ courageous efforts spared surrounding areas. May 17, 2008. May 17, 2008.

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 ...

IT'S been 350 years since the idyllic village of Eyam was blighted by the Great Plague, ... bought his cottage in the Eighties for £125,000 and now it's worth six times the value at £750,000.

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.

Joe Shute of the Daily Telegraph visits Eyam, in Derbyshire, and finds how, for some residents, history is repeating itself centuries later For years, Eyam ...