Eyam : The Plague Village

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[@sarahmawhinney2882]

A beautiful peaceful place to be buried, and having all the family in one place must have been a comfort to the mother. Very interesting story one ive never heard before.

[@Daysofhorror-vickie]

Thanks for watching Sarah, and yes lovely the family altogether. Have a good week 😊

[@gingermolly234]

The spirit of community, so pleased the victims are remembered 😢

[@wendiii68]

Visited years ago and never knew about the graves. Thank you x

[@Daysofhorror-vickie]

😊 now you do! Take care 😊

[@ceri64]

Excellent video. It's lovely that this plague story is always remembered. We were forced into lockdown, but this brave village locked themselves down for the safety of others. A very brave vicar too who lost his wife.

[@DaysofHorror]

Eyam has such a weird feeling to it. Although it's obvious the place has changed over the years, you still feel like you've stepped back in time, especially when you see the graves in people's gardens and realise these are graves of plague victims that lived in those houses. Then there is the boundary stone and how people used it to trade money for food and clothing etc but had to use vinegar to cleanse the coins. It really is a fabulous place to visit.

[@lameesahmad9166]

Once again a fantastic story. Thank you Chris and Vicky. I got emotional watching this sad story. It is said that the plague came to Europe from Asia in fur pelts which Mongols transported from the Mongolian steppes to Europe for trade. When this devastating virus reached major cities the aristocracy and royalty moved to the countryside to escape being contaminated by the virus. I am so pleased that the village has been beautifully and expertly preserved like it has been. Although the big stone is where it is for the generous gifts from the next door village to help the village to survive the plague I think that other barrier must have been a wall to properly cut off the village making it the proper boundary. I was very impressed by the condition of those grave stones considering their age between 550 to 570 years old. What a beautiful village.

[@Daysofhorror-vickie]

It honestly was a beautiful peaceful place with so many visitors there. It was lovely how they really kept the village so well and yes graves well maintained. Thanks again for watching and commenting. 😊

[@sandic3892]

This is so darn interesting! To think your standing and touching things that were touched by people 350 years ago! It is awesome! Thank you!

[@ReneeHorth]

This has been so very interesting, and much appreciated ! As a nurse, I’ve always been interested in the plague documentaries, and you two have shown us the places !!! Thank You two so very much !

[@DaysofHorror]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching

[@Daysofhorror-vickie]

Thank you Renee for the lovely comments, glad you enjoyed the video. It was a very lovely welcoming village 😊

[@jacquijones1141]

JUST FOUND YOU.......I LOVE HISTORY BUT DIDNT KNOW THE STORY OF EYAM AND ITS WONDERFULLY BRAVE VILLAGERS XXX

[@DaysofHorror]

Amazing story isn't it. And to do it without being forced into locking themselves down like we all were a couple of years ago. Real bravery if you ask me.

[@Daysofhorror-vickie]

Glad you have and hope you enjoyed the video. We release new stories every Monday at 8.05pm. 😊

[@LindaCharles-sg6mz]

We visited Eyam quite a few years ago and it really does have a very powerful atmosphere. We must pay another visit especially since then I discovered I have ancestors from Bakewell and Ashford in the Water. The Vicar must have been a wonderful man and very disciplined to keep the rest of the world a little safer. Vinegar is a great natural disinfectant I use it to clean fruit wash in water after I have sprinkled vinegar on.

[@Daysofhorror-vickie]

Hi Linda, it was a lovely place and we went into bakewell to try the famous tart. Yes I would agree well worth another visit just for a day out. Take care 😊

[@LindaCharles-sg6mz]

@@Daysofhorror-vickie You too Vicky. Hope you manage to have a good summer what is left of it despite all the turmoil.

[@Daysofhorror-vickie]

Well at least at the end of the month we are guaranteed a week of sun as I booked a holiday last year for this year (always book in advance!) But yeah, I do not feel we've had a summer, a few days of sun but not a summer. Speak soon 😊

[@nanslife]

This was an amazing story , you would think the village would be haunted after all that tragedy.

[@DaysofHorror]

A few people have said the same on other channels, and I wouldn't be surprised if weird things go on in Eyam.

[@Daysofhorror-vickie]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@martyrobson4958]

@DaysofHorror new subscriber here, just want to thank you both for the hard work you do to bring this content to us,so informative and interesting, 👍

[@Daysofhorror-vickie]

Glad to have you on board Marty, we have a lovely small community here and lots engage and discuss the stories in the comments which we love to see. We have a good selection of videos in our playlist for your viewing. Thanks for your support and kind comments 😊

[@baz9527]

Very interesting listening to a story that's fascinating by the horror and sadness of it. Mrs Hancock doing what she did for her family is so sad for her,what happened to her I wonder and where is she laid to rest. I must visit there sometime soon .great video...

[@DaysofHorror]

It's a very interesting place. It also does feel like you can sense the tragedies as well.

[@Agathanagatha]

What a beautiful place and I believe yes vinegar is an antibacterial.I use it for cleaning all the time

[@jacquijones1141]

I THINK ITS WONDERFUL THAT THE NAMES ETC HAVE BEEN PRESERVED FOR TIME......MAYBE I WILL GET TO VISIT ONE DAY.......UNTIL THEN....THANK YOU XX

[@DaysofHorror]

I hope you can find a way to visit. It's a terrific place to explore.

[@Daysofhorror-vickie]

It's beautiful..

[@tonyhayes-piuk]

A fascinating presentation about what must have been a frightening period in history.

[@Daysofhorror-vickie]

Thank you Diddy 😁

[@Lancastrian501]

Another cracking video cheers. I’ve been to Eyam and seen the register of deaths. It brought it home how much suffering was going on at that time. They made such a great sacrifice. I didn’t know it was pronounced “eem” I always thought it was pronounced similar to Higham. I’ve learned loads watching your videos. Keep them coming please. Thanks a lot DOH

[@DaysofHorror]

I always thought it was "E'yam" and I would never have thought of "Eem" before we decided to make this video, so we asked at the museum whilst we were there 😅 I did see a news report that was made in the village during our recent pandemic and they pronounced it was "Eem".

[@joblakesley2159]

I always thought it was Ee yam until I found out otherwise a few years back

[@DaysofHorror]

Yep, same for us 😅

[@TheVortex794]

I don't remember which level I was doing the expedition for the Duke of Edinburgh award but I remember Eyam was the last stop of my route. I have always found Eyam interesting and a beautiful place yet full of tragedy from what happened so long ago. While we are going through, or had gone through, pandemics of other viruses and diseases, I do feel we can maybe learn a thing or two from them and the sacrifices they had to make so others can go on. I do hope that the victims of the plague can rest in peace. Thank you for covering Eyam by the way :)

[@johnosgraveyardjaunts2235]

Superb camera work and editing..with incredible music 😊

[@DaysofHorror]

Many thanks Johno! We didnt have time to visit a couple of other locations in Eyam as we were time limited unfortunately. We might go back and do a follow up but last weekend we had planned to visit other areas for more videos so time was against us.

[@johnosgraveyardjaunts2235]

@DaysofHorror I have just realised from my own video on Eyam..I have got the wrong Grave for Catherine Mompesson in it...Doh ! Beautiful location and village with a fascinating and very dark history...your video was very factually accurate and superbly narrated also..well done ✔️ 😀 😄 👍

[@lauras4827]

Really enjoyed that, we visited last summer and found it such a lovely place, tiny village but good cafes and pub, the horrors that once was there so sad 😢

[@DaysofHorror]

Thank you Laura. It's a place I've wanted to visit for a while so whilst we were in nearby Bakewell we said we would stop at Eyam and do a small video. I love how old the place still looks and feel but one thing that kind of spoils it was the amount of cars and vans parked up outside the old houses. I know it's life and people have jobs etc but it does take away 'some' of the mystique. I understand though and it's just the way it is, but still a superb place to visit.

[@lauras4827]

Yes I know what you mean, it's like that everywhere isn't most homes now have 2 /3 cars per house! Have you ever been to Great Budworth? Absolutely gorgeous little chocolate box village, some of the war of the worlds series was filmed there, worth a visit. Great pub does good food 👍🏼

[@dennisadams-n4r]

well documented. been there haunting,,

[@DaysofHorror]

It's a strange vibe to the place for sure. one thing that kind of ruins some aspects of the place though are the amount of cars and vans parked up on those narrow roads. I know we live in a modern society now and people have to travel to and from work, so it's understandable, but it still ruins some parts of the village if I'm being honest. But yes, it's definately a place people should go and visit.

[@STESTOOGE]

Another fascinating story Chris,your videos just keep getting better.Who knew over 300 years ago a village ' self isolated' as you say mate,no Government telling them, they must've been really selfless people.I genuinely never heard of this story mate.Keep 'em coming mate.

[@DaysofHorror]

The ultimate sacrifice! And not forced upon them! Does make me wonder though how many may have fled at some point to other villages 🤔

[@STESTOOGE]

You could have a point there mate,sounds like the majority of the village stayed put.The stones further along with the ' vinegar holes' were amazing, maybe a few brave people went closer to the village to leave their goodwill.History proves one thing to me Chris,good people will ALWAYS be around! We have everything now,I really think people's instincts NEVER change.

[@johnosgraveyardjaunts2235]

Great video 😊

[@GenerationsFound]

I love your intro. I love the story of this village. Those graves are so well preserved for 1600s

[@DaysofHorror]

Many thanks! Its a place we've wanted to visit for a while and we were lucky that having been to Bakewell, Eyam was only a few minutes away so we managed to visit both places over that weekend.

[@Jkk55]

That was a brilliant video! very interesting although sad it's a gorgeous place. We can always count on Vicki to put you right! lol!.RIP to all the poor souls. Thank you very much appreciated 👏👏👏👏

[@DaysofHorror]

It's an interesting place to visit. Whilst it does feel old with the buildings and the old pathways, it's sort of spoilt by modernisation and especially the 4x4s and Ravs all parked up along the narrow roads. We can't stop this I guess, but it does take away some of the feel for the history. As for Vickie, in my head when I'm talking I know what I want to say but it sometimes (often) comes out as a lot of waffle, but Vickie does pick up on things 😅

[@keithfletcher5024]

Brilliant video, just catching up some previous ones.

[@DaysofHorror]

Thank you Keith

[@Norman37e]

Excellent video

[@DaysofHorror]

Many thanks Chris. Our batteries for the GoPro had ran out by the time we finished over in Eyam so we couldnt do a proper ending. That's why it came across a bit weird at the end of this one as we had to go to our hotel room and charge one of them before doing the ending we did. A bit of a mash-up. Great place to visit and we may go back again to visit the other locations there that we just didnt have time to see in this video.

[@helenbrown7983]

I'm thinking it may have been a tricky business removing coins from those holes.

[@MiddyExplores]

Another great video and a sad story from another time. Great work as always 👍

[@DaysofHorror]

Many thanks Middy! Interesting location and well worth a visit.

[@AtticusBleep]

Great video again.

[@DaysofHorror]

Many thanks ByeUK 😀

[@huckleberrythinz4617]

Yes loved it.thank you.

[@THECutto]

So much history you have there, hundred and hundred of years, whereas we only go back about 250 of European settlement

[@Daysofhorror-vickie]

Thanks for watching 👀 😊

[@novembear1775]

Hi Thank you both for these interesting and varied videos! After visiting Eyam, did you ever visit Bakewell ?

[@DaysofHorror]

Hi, we did. We covered the story of Wendy Sewell - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zp-1i5V6nJqrkNk

[@novembear1775]

Thank you so much my partner is from Derbyshire and wanted to see the Eyam video I had watched. In that video he said you were going to Bakewell could'nt but we couldn't find it (can now😅) Love how you narrate the stories,it keeps them interesting. 👍

[@novembear1775]

Thank you so much, partners from Derbyshire and said you had mentioned going to Bakewell,but we couldn't find it! Look forward to watching it. Take care on you travels x

[@kashifzia9005]

Osam velog❤❤❤

[@trevorwright6165]

WONDERFUL thank you both so much for all the info you have done a great job all the best from trev

[@DaysofHorror]

Our pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it. From Vickie & Chris

[@bas4903]

You should have way more subscribers

[@DaysofHorror]

Many thanks for that and your support. We don't use Facebook and hardly use Twitter (or is now X) . So our promoting of the videos is limited for now. Saying that, we never expected to have close to 2k people subscribing so every new subscriber is a blessing and a bonus to us.

[@john-k6k6w]

Another Brilliant Video Guy's keep them Coming

[@DaysofHorror]

Many thanks for your support John 😁

[@PatriciaLloyd-c7k]

This is so sad. Whole families decimated. Beautiful area, though. Thank you for this video.

[@DaysofHorror]

It's such an interesting place to visit.

[@AlahnaAnset]

so sad imagine burying 6 children and your partner all within a few weeks of each other.....terrible.

[@bas4903]

Lots of people don't realise that nusery rhyme at the beginning is from plague times

[@DaysofHorror]

That nursery rhyme is dark isn't it. The whole idea that it was born from such death and despair 😮

[@catherinehaywood6050]

Brillant video

[@DaysofHorror]

Thank you so much Catherine 😊

[@BessieMann]

Very interesting story. Thank you for sharing this

[@DaysofHorror]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@emmajulian8716]

Hello chris and vickie myself and my auntie visited eyam when we were in the peak district last week yes they did have men patrolling the village boundary so people couldn't enter or leave the village its a beautiful place its just so sad why its so well known

[@DaysofHorror]

We felt that modern society kind-of ruins the look of Eyam with all the cars and vans parked up. I know its life and people have jobs to go to and need vehicles to get around. But the village is so unique looking and with such history, if I put on my selfish head, I'd say ban all cars from parking there haha But obviously, that can never happen and I do understand why.

[@emmajulian8716]

@@DaysofHorror same here it's a beautiful place such history but so much sorrow and yes a would ban the modern cars and people living in their homes I would turn it into a village of sorts to remember the sacrifice and sorrow of all those poor people sort of a remembrance village

[@peterwilliamson7442]

Some years ago I had occasion to travel to Manchester Airport. it was just breaking dawn when I reached the lane end to Eyam village. lo & behold in the middle of the road there must have been roughly 100 or more Magpies as I approached they all flew up & away, it always stuck in my mind.!!

[@DaysofHorror]

Oh wow! That's so bizarre 😳. Thanks for watching and commenting Peter. Enjoy the rest of the week from Vickie & Chris

[@donnabooth9904]

I really enjoyed watching your new video tonight my heart goes out to all them people that died in that Village😢 it would be nice to visit there one day ❤keep up with the good work guys looking forward to see more videos X😊

[@DaysofHorror]

It's only just an hour away and well worth the visit. 👍

[@paulapratley5904]

That is a truly amazing video ! Thank you so much , I believe that a relative of Oliver Cromwell who lived in Ramsey Cambridgeshire contracted the plague from a bolt of cloth too, such awful times .The scenery of Derbyshire is wonderful I had never heard that story before thanks once again xx anything with the 666 numbers in it just has to be awful don’t you agree ? I’m at present watching the Great fire of London again 666 ( the mark of the devil) from Paula in Oxfordshire

[@Daysofhorror-vickie]

Yea agree on 666! Thanks for watching, it was a earie but lovely place

[@DaysofHorror]

Interesting!

[@Daysofhorror-vickie]

Noted 😊

[@THECutto]

Of course the main difference between the plague and what we have been thru, is that the plague was actually deadly, the other was a beat up

[@Daysofhorror-vickie]

💯

[@marialin3256]

Did you know the surviving off spring of Eyam's plague helped genetic specialists find a cure for AIDS? Yes they did! It's called Delta 32. The survivors passed on a genetic mutation which gave them immunity to the plague and this in turn gives immunity to the AID's virus! You have SO much to thank the people of Eyam for!! Plus it's an absolutely beautiful village. To watch a video about this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZe1e3ijbpt_ndE

[@Daysofhorror-vickie]

Thanks for this information 👍

[@TheLadyT23]

Poor woman should never have had to bury her children.

[@annebeckettmorris577]

Please don't think me patronising but rubbings would be a really good idea

[@Lorraine-n8q]

I cant see how they would get coins out of these tiny holes

[@DaysofHorror]

The holes are small so you do have a good point. I wonder if they used a stick with some kind of sticky substance on one end, maybe tree sap or something? Then they prod the stick in the holes to remove coins? I don't know to be honest? Hopefully someone will more knowledge on this can help.

[@angelamary9493]

Maybe the coins were smaller back then ..just a thought 😊

[@DaysofHorror]

Plausible