WebApr 12, 2024 · There are monuments to 17th Century suffering all over town, but on a midwinter’s day none speaks more powerfully of Eyam’s hardship than the Riley Graves, beyond a landslip on a hillside on the edge of town, near the road to Grindleford: the resting place of seven members of the Hancock family. WebThe Plague in Eyam raged for 14 months and claimed the lives of at least 260 villagers. By 1st November 1666 it had run its course and claimed its last victim. Eyam's selfless villagers, with their strong Christian …
Eyam: the ‘plague village’ – a disaster relevant today
WebThe Population of Eyam 1664-1667 Eyam Museum & Plague Register, Eyam Parish Church, Eyam, Derbyshire Plague Victims Plague Survivors Resident 1664-7 but discounted from statistics or died of another cause Plague Burial Sites Plague Deaths List: In memory of those who died in the Eyam Plague 1665-6 … WebImmediate Family Ellen Hancock wife Rebecca Morton daughter Anthony Hancock son John Hancock son George Hancock son Ellen Hancock daughter William Hancock son Mary Hancock daughter William Hancock father Elizabeth Hancock mother About Anthony Hancock Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Sep 29 2024, … grand council treaty no 3
Memory Girl at Eyam JanaLee Cox Longhurst
WebAug 15, 2024 · The Riley Graves, still standing today, is a small private cemetery where Elizabeth Hancock is said to have buried her husband and six children by herself. Death must have hung in the air like fog and by … WebJul 13, 2024 · Elizabeth Hancock did not die, despite nursing and burying her whole family Elizabeth Hancock survives the plague even after nursing and burying her husband and six of her children. Could she have had the delta-32 mutation? William Mompesson lived despite his wife Catherine dying of plague WebMay 29, 2024 · Farmers’ wife Elizabeth Hancock suffered probably the most appalling tragedy of all burying her husband and six children within eight days. Hancock graves at … grand countertops