On 1 November 1666 farm worker Abraham Morten gasped his final breath - the last of 260 people to die from bubonic plague in the remote Derbyshire village of Eyam. Their fate had been sealed four ...

During the last plague epidemic in England, the village of Eyam gained tragic notoriety. Its residents paid a terrible price for a heroic act. Photo: AFP via Getty Images During the last plague ...

It was the fall of 1665 in the village of Eyam in the Derbyshire Peak District of England. People had heard about the terrible outbreak of plague that year in London but there were no signs of ...

Small villages in Derbyshire rarely feature in international news. But today the heroic behaviour associated with one of them, Eyam, during a plague outbreak over 350 years ago, is held up as an ...

While “social distancing” and “self-quarantine” were previously unfamiliar concepts for many of us, they are hardly new. Even people who lived before the discovery of microbes believed such actions ...

A picturesque village located in one of the most beautiful areas in the UK stands as a symbol of courage and selflessness due to its dark past. Eyam, a village in Derbyshire, England holds a unique ...

The village of Eyam became known as 'Plague Village' when the first case of the bubonic plague was found here in May 1666 and villagers decided to isolate themselves from the surrounding communities ...

Nestled in the scenic Peak District National Park in Derbyshire is the small village of Eyam - one of the most tragic places you're like to visit. Pronounced 'Eem', the settlement holds a haunting yet ...

There are records from the dark days of the plague which can throw a little light on the catastrophe. No one knows for sure how the Great Plague of 1665 entered Southampton, some suggest it came from ...

Small villages in Derbyshire rarely feature in international news. But today the heroic behaviour associated with one of them, Eyam, during a plague outbreak over 350 years ago, is held up as an ...