Eyam

E129487
civil parish village

Eyam is a historic village in Derbyshire, England, best known for its self-imposed quarantine during the 1665–1666 bubonic plague outbreak to prevent the disease from spreading.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eyam canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish ⓘ
village ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Derbyshire ⓘ
country England ⓘ
dialCode 01433 ⓘ
district Derbyshire Dales District ⓘ
surface form: Derbyshire Dales
eventEndDate 1666 ⓘ
eventStartDate 1665 ⓘ
governingBody Eyam Parish Council ⓘ
hasAnnualEvent Eyam Plague Commemoration Service ⓘ
Eyam Well Dressing ⓘ
hasIndustry agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasLandmark Boundary stone ⓘ
Eyam Hall ⓘ
Eyam Museum ⓘ
Eyam Parish Church of St Lawrence ⓘ
Plague Cottages ⓘ
Riley graves ⓘ
hasMemorial plague memorials at Plague Cottages ⓘ
plague memorials at Riley graves ⓘ
hasNotablePerson Catherine Mompesson ⓘ
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Stanley

William Mompesson ⓘ
heritage historic plague village ⓘ
historicalCounty Derbyshire ⓘ
knownFor bubonic plague outbreak of 1665–1666 ⓘ
self-imposed quarantine during the Great Plague ⓘ
locatedIn Derbyshire ⓘ
Peak District ⓘ
near Froggatt ⓘ
Grindleford ⓘ
Stoney Middleton ⓘ
nearestLargeTown Chesterfield ⓘ
Sheffield ⓘ
OSGridReference SK216765 ⓘ
plagueQuarantine self-imposed ⓘ
plagueTransmission fleas on cloth from London (traditional account) ⓘ
plagueType bubonic plague ⓘ
plagueYears 1665–1666 ⓘ
population approximately 900 ⓘ
postalTown Hope Valley ⓘ
postcodeDistrict S32 ⓘ
region East Midlands ⓘ
religiousBuilding Church of St Lawrence, Eyam ⓘ
religiousDenomination Church of England ⓘ
tourism heritage tourism destination ⓘ
transport served by local bus routes in the Hope Valley ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anna Seward → placeOfBirth → Eyam ⓘ
Derbyshire Dales District → contains → Eyam ⓘ
Thomas Seward → residence → Eyam ⓘ
Grindleford → near → Eyam ⓘ