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Derbyshire (Derby, Chesterfield, Ilkeston, Swadlincote, Buxton,
Matlock, Ashbourne)
Eyam Bravery
1665 was the year in which the Great Plague swept through Britain
like wildfire. In the village of Eyam, the epidemic is supposed to
have arrived in a plague-infested box of laundry. Five out of every
six villagers died.
The courage of the doomed villagers and of their rector, William
Mompesson, who survived, is no legend. Once the disease began to
claim its victims, Mompesson persuaded his parishioners, to isolate
themselves from the outside world and prevent the plague from
spreading to other communities.
Robin Hood Connection
Little John, one of Robin Hood's fabled band, is said to have been
born in Hathersage, and there is a ten feet long grave whose
headstone bears his name in the village churchyard.
The tomb is said to have been opened during the 19th century and a
32-inch thighbone recovered, but the evidence was returned to its
resting-place after the man who ordered the exhumation suffered a
series of mysterious accidents.
Mermaid Ahoy!
Near Kinder Reservoir lies the Mermaid's Pool.
Legend has it that, if you dare to go to the pool at midnight as
Easter Sunday begins and gaze into its dark waters, you will see a
mermaid swimming beneath the surface.
England Bedfordshire,
Berkshire,
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire, Cheshire,
Cornwall Cumberland,
Derbyshire,
Devon Dorset,
Durham, Essex
Gloucestershire, Hampshire,
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire,
Huntingdonshire, Kent Lancashire,
Leicestershire,
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