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What did the Derbyshire village of Eyam do when plague arrived in 1665-66?
Food was left at boundary stones, paid for with vinegar-soaked coins. At least 260 villagers died, but no surrounding parish recorded an outbreak.
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Eyam, the Derbyshire Village That Quarantined Itself Against the Plague in 1666 When plague arrived in Eyam in a parcel of cloth from London in 1665, the village made an extraordinary choice: led by its rector William Mompesson, it sealed itself off so the disease would spread no further. At least 260 villagers died — but the surrounding country was spared.
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