Picturesque UK village where people were locked inside and left to die from deadly pandemic
Picturesque UK village where people were locked inside and left to die from deadly pandemic
In 1666 the village of Eyam in Derbyshire’s Peak District isolated itself after a bubonic plague arrived on cloth, prohibiting entry and exit. Over the ensuing months 260 residents—about one‑third of the population—died as villagers exchanged vinegar‑soaked coins for food supplies at the village boundary.
Source: Picturesque UK village where people were locked inside and left to die from deadly pandemic — Daily Star Weird
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