We tell the story of the famous village of Eyam in Derbyshire, its experience of plague in 1665/6 and its wider social history and industrial heritage.
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ALT Printed text with the header "Table 4. The most common surnames in Derbyshire, 1662/1664/1670". The table lists 92 surnames of which Smith is the most popular with 175 households paying the hearth tax, followed by Taylor and Wright of which there were 105 households. The list gives the surnames which appear against at least 25 different households.
ALT Two people stood looking at the books for sale in the Museum Shop at NCMME
ALT Miners chess set on display in the gallery in a glass case
ALT Miners chess set pieces wrapped in acid free tissue paper
ALT A curator handling a chess piece and putting it on display.
ALT White and black pieces from the chess set. The black pieces are made up of: Arthur Scargill – President of the National Union of Mineworkers (King), Neil Kinnock – Leader of the Labour Party (Queen), Karl Marx (Bishop), Flying Picket (Knight), Pithead (Rook) and Miners’ Helmets (Pawn). The white characters include: Margaret Thatcher – Prime Minister (Queen), Ian MacGregor – Head of the National Coal Board (King), Milton Friedman – Economist and Adviser to Thatcher (Bishop), Police Horse (Knight), Big Ben (Rook) and Police Helmets (Pawn).
ALT Frontage of Epworth Old Rectory
