Eyam 's a small village in Derbyshire, England. The village's best known for being the "plague village" that chose to isolate itself when the plague was found in the village in August 1665, rather than let the infection spread. The village was founded and named by Anglo-saxons, although lead had been mined in the area by the Romans. Plague history The plague had been brought to the village in a flea-infested bundle of cloth that was delivered to tailor George Viccars from London. Within a week… (More on Eyam)