I have been to the Peak District many times and I often go and visit the village of Eyam because of its interesting history. I began my most recent visit with a walk down the High Street to look at the plague cottages. These cottages are named as such because of the high density of people who died there after contracting the bubonic plague. By all accounts the plague entered the village in 1665 by means of a piece of cloth sent to the local tailor. George Viccars, his assistant, who lived in what is now called Plague Cottage (pictured below) was the first person to die from the disease and others soon followed over the many months that the plague ran its course and claimed the lives of the majority of the village.
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