Eyam - Plague Village

We took a trip out to Eyam in the Peak District. It is many years since we visited and we had forgotten what beautiful scenery there is along the way.
The village is fascinating being one of the furthest north points to which the plague spread in 1665.
This window in the church is a fairly recent installation - donated in the 1980's. In the left hand section you can see the tailor receiving a bolt of cloth from London which apparently housed fleas that were diseased. The panel also shows the ring of roses which is thought to symbolise the blistering rash which was a symptom of the plague, and illustrates the death of the tailor, the first of many people in the village to succumb to the disease.
The central panel shows the Rev. Mompesson who was said to have been responsible for encouraging the villagers to isolate so that the plague wouldn't spread.