How picturesque Eyam became known as the 'plague village'
Covid brought fresh attention to this Derbyshire community, which endured 14 months of isolation in the 17th century
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Covid brought fresh attention to this Derbyshire community, which endured 14 months of isolation in the 17th century
Chichester, like the rest of the world, has been affected by the outbreak of a highly infectious disease, coronavirus Covid-19. It has been claimed that this pandemic is the greatest challenge in a generation.
Sir Isaac Newton was one of the most influential scientists in world history. He is best-known for his three laws of motion, and his law of universal gravitation.
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Black Death Trotting on ‘The Devil's Hoof’ The Great Plague lasted from the beginning of 1665 until September 1666, representing the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England, killing an estimated 200,000 (one quarter of London's population). Fatalities soared in the city of London in part because Londoners failed to self-quarantine, but this was not the case in the rural English village of Eyam located idyllically in the Derbyshire Dales within the Peak District National Park. An early nineteenth-century scene showing the Eyam village pond, plague cott...