The Plaguein England

1348-1665

14th Century

The Traveller

Rattus Rattus

The Carrier

The Flea

Black Death

Animal Victims

London, 1665

The Victory of Death

Pomanders

from the 17th Century

A Cure

A doctor

at the Time

of the Plague

The Death Toll

London, 1664-1665

Blackheath, London

Samuel Pepys

(1633-1703)

John Evelyn

(1621-1706)

Daniel Defoe(1660-1731)

Eyam, Derbyshire

Population before the Plague: 350

Victims of the Plague: 259

Eyam, Derbyshire

A Plague Cottage Today

Seven Members of a family

The Death Record of Eyam

Plague Sunday

Ring a Ring of Roses

A Nursery Rhyme

„Ring a Ring of Roses,A Pocketful of Posies,

Atishoo, Atishoo,We All Fall Down.”