Eyam,St Lawrence's church: villagers quarantined by Puritan priest when Plague came in bolt of cloth
Puritan clergy were government officials; beliefs were a strict moral code & all sin would be punished by God.
Eyam church
St Lawrence's church stands in the centre of the 'Plague Village' of Eyam in Derbyshire .
Eyam Plague Story Slideshow and History, Derbyshire
A picture slideshow detailing Eyam's historic Plague in 1665/6 including full list of 260 plague victims, houses, Plague Plaques, St Lawrence Church, Mompesson Well and Grave, William Mompesson, Thomas Stanley, Isolation, Cucklet Church, Boundary Stone, Lydgate and Riley Graves.
The list of Plague Victims is from the Eyam Museum list and varies a little from the list given by William Wood in his 1842 Antiquities book. I am assuming that the modern list is the more researched one but both lists are available online if anyone wanted to follow it up.
I have done a blog on Eyam Plague at
Places to see in ( Eyam - UK )
Places to see in ( Eyam - UK )
Eyam is an English village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district that lies within the Peak District National Park. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 926 increasing to 969 at the 2011 Census. 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'.
Lead mining seems to have had a continuous history in the Eyam district since at least the Roman era and there is evidence of habitation from earlier. Stone circles and earth barrows on the moors above the present village have largely been destroyed, although some remain and more are recorded. The most notable site is the Wet Withens stone circle on Eyam Moor. Coins bearing the names of many emperors provide evidence of Roman lead-mining locally. However, the village's name derives from Old English and is first recorded in the Domesday Book as Aium
Today Eyam has various plague-related places of interest. One is the Coolstone in which money, usually soaked in vinegar, which was believed to kill the infection, was placed in exchange for food and medicine. It is just one of several 'plague stones' that served to make the boundary that should not be crossed by either inhabitant or outsider. Another site is the isolated enclosure of the Riley graves mentioned above, which is now under the guardianship of the National Trust.
A reminder of the village's industrial past remains in the name of its only pub, the Miner's Arms. Built in 1630, before the plague, it was originally called The Kings Arms. Opposite the church is the Mechanics' Institute, originally established in 1824, although the present building with its handsome pillared portico dates from 1859 and was enlarged in 1894. At one time it held a library paid for by subscription, which then contained 766 volumes. The premises now double as the village club. Up the main street is the Jacobean-styled Eyam Hall, built just after the plague. It is currently managed by the National Trust and was opened to the public in March 2013. The green opposite has an ancient set of village stocks reputedly used to punish the locals for minor crimes.
Catherine Mompesson's tabletop grave is in the churchyard and has a wreath laid on it every Plague Sunday. This is in remembrance of her constancy in staying by her husband, rather than moving away with the rest of her family, and dying in the very last days of the plague. The church's burial register also records Anna the traveller, who according to her own account, was 136 years of age and was interred on 30 December 1663. A more recent arrival there is the cricketer Harry Bagshaw, who played for Derbyshire and then acted as a respected umpire after retiring. At the apex of his headstone is a hand with a finger pointing upwards. Underneath the lettering a set of stumps is carved, with the bails flying off and a bat which has just hit the wicket.
( Eyam - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Eyam . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Eyam - UK
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Travel Guide My Holiday To Eyam Derbyshire UK Review
Travel Guide My Holiday To Eyam Derbyshire UK Review
I also would like people to see where I have travelled, to and what their is to do in the UK.
The Best Eating Places Cheap Eats
* Eyam Tea Rooms
* Stella's Kitchen
* Village Green
Things To Do
* Eyam Plague Village Museum
* Eyam Hall And Craft Centre
* Eyam Parish Church of St Lawrence
* Eyam National Trust Guided Walks
* Eyam Village Club/Mechanics Institute
* Monpession's Well
* Richard Furness House
The Best Acommodation
* The Barrel Inn
* The Maynard 2.1 Miles From Eyam
* Little John Hotel 3.2 Miles
Hotel Booking Sites
* LateRooms.com
* Expedia.co.uk
* Booking.com
* Hotels.com
* TripAdvisor
* Opodo
* ebookers.com
Transport
* Car Parking
* Regular Bus Service
Weather
The weather in the UK can vary from day to day. Warmer and hotter months are between April to September. Colder months with snow,sleet and rain are between October and March. You can get some humidity and pollen is highest, between June and August for hayfever suffers. You can also get rain in between, April and September.
Currency
Britain’s currency is the pound sterling (£), which is divided into 100 pence (p).
Scotland has its own pound sterling notes. These represent the same value as an English note and can be used elsewhere in Britain. The Scottish £1 note is not accepted outside Scotland.
There are lots of bureaux de change in Britain – often located inside:
• banks
• travel agents
• Post Offices
• airports
• major train stations.
It's worth shopping around to get the best deal and remember to ask how much commission is charged.
Britain’s currency is the pound sterling (£), which is divided into 100 pence (p).
Scotland has its own pound sterling notes. These represent the same value as an English note and can be used elsewhere in Britain. The Scottish £1 note is not accepted outside Scotland.
There are lots of bureaux de change in Britain – often located inside:
• banks
• travel agents
• Post Offices
• airports
• major train stations.
It's worth shopping around to get the best deal and remember to ask how much commission is charged.
Time Difference
During the winter months, Britain is on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which is 5 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time and 10 hours behind Sydney. Western standard time is five hours behind.
From late March until late October, the clocks go forward one hour to British Summer Time (BST).
To check the correct time, contact the Speaking Clock service by dialling 123.
Weight And Measurements
Britain is officially metric, in line with the rest of Europe. However, imperial measures are still in use, especially for road distances, which are measured in miles. Imperial pints and gallons are 20 per cent larger than US measures.
Imperial to Metric
1 inch = 2.5 centimetres
1 foot = 30 centimetres
1 mile = 1.6 kilometres
1 ounce = 28 grams
1 pound = 454 grams
1 pint = 0.6 litres
1 gallon = 4.6 litres
Metric to Imperial
1 millimetre = 0.04 inch
1 centimetre = 0.4 inch
1 metre = 3 feet 3 inches
1 kilometre = 0.6 mile
1 gram = 0.04 ounce
1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds
Passport And Visas Requirements To Enter The UK
Please note: Following the recent referendum vote for the UK to leave the European Union (EU), there are currently no changes in the way people travel to Britain. The following guidelines still apply:
If you're planning an adventure to the UK, depending on your nationality and your reason for visiting, you may need to organise a visa.
If you're an American, Canadian or Australian tourist, you'll be able to travel visa-free throughout the UK, providing you have a valid passport and your reason for visiting meets the immigration rules (link is external).
Citizens from some South American and Caribbean countries as well as Japan are also able to travel visa-free around the UK.
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EYAM WALK | Plague Cottages to Eyam Village Tea Rooms
EYAM WALK | Plague Cottages to the Eyam Village Tea Rooms
A relaxing walk through the plague village of Eyam, from the famous Plague Cottage through the village square and up to Eyam Tea Rooms.
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EYAM VILLAGE
Eyam is an English village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district that lies within the Peak District National Park. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 926 increasing to 969 at the 2011 Census.
The village of Eyam 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.
Eyam 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'.
The history of the plague in the village began in 1665 when a flea-infested bundle of cloth arrived from London for the local tailor. Within a week his assistant George Vicars was dead and more began dying in the household soon after.
As the disease spread, the villagers turned for leadership to their rector, the Reverend William Mompesson, and the Puritan Minister Thomas Stanley. These introduced a number of precautions to slow the spread of the illness from May 1666. They included the arrangement that families were to bury their own dead and relocation of church services to the natural amphitheatre of Cucklett Delph, allowing villagers to separate themselves and so reducing the risk of infection. Perhaps the best-known decision was to quarantine the entire village to prevent further spread of the disease.
The plague ran its course over 14 months and one account states that it killed at least 260 villagers, with only 83 surviving out of a population of 350.[14] This figure has been challenged on a number of occasions with alternative figures of 430 survivors from a population of around 800 being given.
The church in Eyam has a record of 273 individuals who were victims of the plague. Survival among those affected appeared random, as many who remained alive had had close contact with those who died but never caught the disease.
For example, Elizabeth Hancock was uninfected despite burying six children and her husband in eight days (the graves are known as the Riley graves after the farm where they lived). The unofficial village gravedigger, Marshall Howe, also survived despite handling many infected bodies.
Plague Sunday has been celebrated in the village of Eyam since the plague's bicentenary in 1866 and now takes place in Cucklett Delph on the last Sunday in August. Originally it was held in mid-August but now coincides with the much older Wakes Week and the well dressing ceremonies
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Eyam Church Bells
Second version.
Cucklet Church, Eyam
A service is held in Cucklet Cleft (Cucklet Church), a natural cavern destroyed by glacier ice near Eyam, Derbyshire. The service commemorates the bravery of the Eyam villagers and William Mompesson, for closing Eyam village after it became infested with the plague in 1665. Following the plague public gatherings were discouraged, which included church services. Therefore they would have open air services wherer they thought there was less chance of spreading any remnants of the disease. Hence the place where they met was called Cucklet Church.
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A Tour Around Eyam Plague Village, Derbyshire
A picture tour around Eyam in Derbyshire (sorry for typo on first page!) - known as the 'Plague Village' Including St Lawrence Church, Stained Glass Windows, Celtic Cross, Chapels, Museum, Mompesson Well and Grave, War Memorial, Thomas Stanley, William Wood, Lydgate and Riley Graves and Plague Cottages.
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Eyam - The Plague village
A history lesson folks! Eyam (pronounced Eem) is a small village in Derbyshire, England. The village is best known for being the plague village that chose to isolate itself when the Black Death was found in the village in August 1665, rather than see the infection travel further north. The plague had been brought to the village in a flea-infested bundle of cloth that was delivered to tailor George Vicars from London[3]. Within a week he was dead. After the initial deaths, the townspeople turned to their rector, the Reverend William Mompesson and the Puritan Minister Thomas Stanley. They introduced a number of precautions to slow the spread of the illness from May 1665. These included the arrangement that families were to bury their own dead and the relocation of church services from the parish church of St. Laurence to Cucklett Delph to allow villagers to separate themselves, reducing the risk of infection. Perhaps, the best known decision was to quarantine the entire village to prevent further spread of the disease. The plague raged in the village for 16 months and killed at least 260 villagers: only 83 villagers survived out of a population of 350.
When the first outsiders visited Eyam a year later, they found that fewer than a quarter of the village had survived the plague. Survival appeared random, as many plague survivors had close contact with the bacterium, but never caught the disease. For example, Elizabeth Hancock never became ill, despite burying six children and her husband in eight days (the graves are known as the Hancock graves).[3] The unofficial village grave digger also survived, despite handling many infected bodies.
Ringing Down at North Wingfield
Ringing down is when the ringers change the bell from mouth pointing upwards (the bell is up) to pointing downwards (the bell is down). When the bells are down, it is safe to go among them to do maintenance or other work on them. When up, the bells can be rung normally (see my other videos for examples) and it is not safe to enter the belfry. Usually bells are rung down after every practice night or other occasion on which they are rung. But that does mean that if you want to ring them you have to pull them up again!
Ringing down is quite complicated, and you have to be confident in your control of the bell before learning how to do it. It involves making coils of rope whilst it is still moving, then chiming at the end. This is the opposite of ringing up.
Ringing down in sequence (in peal) is harder still. You have to keep your bell sounding in the right place all the way down, and chime it in the right place at the end. When chiming at the end, the treble ringer will call out what order the bells are to be caught and stopped in. This is usually Rounds (12345678), but Queens (13572468) and Tittums (15263748) are also popular.
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Tideswell Peals.avi
A short clip of the changes being rung at Tideswell as I was passing.
Stedman Doubles at Brackenfield
Some Stedman Doubles from Brackenfield in north Derbyshire. The Peak District were chosen to host the Derby Diocesan Association's Summer Meeting, and chose here and Ashover as the towers, though I only managed to film this one. In the clip, the treble is rung by the last President of the Association, the second by the Webmaster, and the fifth by a visitor from Cambridgeshire who fancied popping up to Derbyshire for the day!
Lovely bells, which hold a bit of personal history for me. As well as ringing my first quarter inside here (the second to 1260 Plain and Little Bob Minor in 2007, rung to celebrate the end of mine and my brothers' GCSEs), the tenor here is the first tenor I ever rang. I remember it feeling odd, because I'd been used to ringing round the front end, but then was asked to drum behind to something, and now I'm very happy round the back end! Though these bells are not heavy at all with the tenor weighing just under 5cwt.
Stedman is lovely, and I think I've expressed that enough in all my videos so I won't go on about it :-P
Ringing tour of Shropshire video - Dec 2016
some 40+ towers from our ringing tour of Shropshire, Staffs and Wales
Llanarth, 2008-01-05 1253, Kids.Ring.Out Outing, outside, Yorkshire Surprise Major, 160s.wmv
St Budeaux bells being rung on 29 5 2014
Ringers from L to R . John Johns, Billy Moore,Paul (Taylors), Louise Beaven, John Steer, Sean Beaven (back)
ST LAWRENCE NORTH WINGFIELD DERBYS
CHURCH BELLS
St Lawrence Church Bradwell
Through the Century 1900 to 2013 nothing has changed much.......except the Villagers.
Bastow Major at St Helens church Abingdon
Me ringing Bastow at my home tower. 10 bells, 16cwt, in F major.
Apologies for my mistake at the start! I was quite tired!
Church Lane B5035 / SOUTH WINGFIELD / Manor Road / DERBYSHIRE