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In memory of the Derbyshire village that once self-isolated to save others. During the bubonic plague outbreak of 1665-6, the inhabitants of Eyam quarantined themselves, in a famous act of self-sacrifice, to prevent the spread of the plague. Villagers would come to place money in six holes drilled into the top of the boundary stone to pay for food and medicine left by their anxious neighbours. By the end of the outbreak, more than a quarter of the village’s population of almost 1,000 were dead. The plague, however, was contained.
For residents of Eyam today, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, which has already touched a nearby village, the lessons of that self-imposed isolation have powerful echoes.
Former Peel Cotton Mill built 1780 by Robert Peel, grandfather of the Prime Minister and founder of the Police Force. The site has been restored and converted into homes and apartments.
The large parkland trees scattered throughout the park are mainly oaks and are remnants of a vast forest that historically covered much of this area. These ‘veteran’ oaks are important for the invertebrates (beetles, flies and bugs) that thrive on them. This is because of the amount of dead timber that occurs both on standing trees and on fallen limbs or trunks on the ground.
The large parkland trees scattered throughout the park are mainly oaks and are remnants of a vast forest that historically covered much of this area. These ‘veteran’ oaks are important for the invertebrates (beetles, flies and bugs) that thrive on them. This is because of the amount of dead timber that occurs both on standing trees and on fallen limbs or trunks on the ground.
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Bretby War Memorial on the village green at the centre of the village. It is surrounded by the former village school, cottages and St Wystan's parish church rebuilt in 1877. All were built by the Bretby Estate in a picturesque and deliberately ornamental style.
Bretby means "The dwelling place of Britons" and it is believed to have been the site of a major battle between the Danes and kingdom of Mercia in AD880.
Bretby village was first mentioned in Domesday as an agricultural settlement around a green, and this remains the core of the village.
Originally a berewick or outlier of Newton Manor, Bretby became a separate manor in the 13th century when it was granted by Ranulf, Earl of Chester, to Stephen de Segrave who, amongst other attributes, was Justiciar of England between 1232 and 1234 and once acted as joint regent for Henry III during the king's absence.