The Plague Window.
In 1665 a tailor from Eyam ordered a bale of cloth from London to make up into clothes for the villagers. Sadly that triggered a chain of events that led to 260 Eyam villagers dying from bubonic plague.
Between the first death and the last, the villagers set an extraordinary and enduring example of self sacrifice by sealing off the village from surrounding areas to prevent the disease from spreading.
The museum tells their story. It is well worth a visit.
This beautiful stained glass window in Eyam Parish Church, given in 1985, tells the Plague story.
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