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Place NameEyam
Place TypeSettlement
ParishEyam
Grid RefSK2176
HundredEurope
CountyDerbyshire
Electoral DivisionNorth (1832-1885)
West (1885-)
Local AuthorityBakewell Rural District Council
Registration DistrictBakewell (1837-2013)
Petty Sessional DivisionBakewell
County Court DivisionBakewell
UK GSS CodeE04002750 - Derbyshire Dales District (2016)
CountryUnited Kingdom, England
NotesA historic limestone village and civil parish within the Peak District National Park, situated approximately five miles north of Bakewell. The village is best known for the outbreak of plague in 1665–66, during which the inhabitants famously isolated themselves from surrounding communities in an attempt to prevent the disease spreading. Numerous sites and monuments associated with the outbreak survive in and around the village.

Ancient parish; Part added to parish of Stoney Middleton 1936

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