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Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.
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Hall Hill Troughs

One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."

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This 8-foot Anglo-Saxon cross is a rare surviving example of Mercian craftsmanship.
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This cottage was once inhabited by the Hadfield family, where the first plague victim in Eyam died.

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The Eyam Plague Cottages

These once housed the families who decided in 1665 to quarantine themselves to save their neighbours.

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