Bubonic plague was spread when people were bitten by ... One of the worst affected locations beyond London was Eyam, a village in Derbyshire. Historians believe that the plague arrived in the ...

Just north of Stoney Middleton lies the village of Eyam, infamously known for its self-isolation during the bubonic plague in 1665. The plague killed 260 people, causing heartbreak for many.

Just north of Stoney Middleton lies the village of Eyam, infamously known for its self-isolation during the bubonic plague in 1665. The plague killed 260 people, causing heartbreak for many.

Millions of rats were killed and in 2 months no new cases of plague were reported. Bubonic plague, or "the black death," had raged throughout Europe and Asia over the past centuries. In the ...