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The Black Death 1665
The Great Fire of London 1666
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| The plague started in London
in May 1665 and 43 people died. Then by August 31159 people died. In all
15% of the population died during that terrible summer.
Once the plague was recognised the house was sealed shut and anyone would
not be let out of the house. The other family members would not be allowed
to be leave the house. They would have to fear death.
If a house had a plague in it, it would have a red cross on the door
and the words on the door would say 'Lord have mercy on us'.
The poor didn't have enough money to leave London to get away from the
plague. The king, Charles 2nd left London and fled to Oxford. |
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| All the family members were locked inside with the sick person. |
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Click here to see "Ring-a-ring-a
roses" being performed
Find out more about this rhyme. |
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The plague spread to many parts of England. York was one city badly
affected.
In 1665 a box of laundry was brought to Eyam, (near Bakewell, where the
tarts come from) by a traveller. The laundry was infested with fleas and
the plague started. 80% of the people died in the village and if the plague
had been bad it would have spread across Derbyshire. |
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"Doctor Death" |
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Creepy! This is how some doctors dressed during the plague.
They wore the clothes for protection. In the beaky part of the mask they
kept herbs and perfumes that would keep them from smelling bad smells. They
thought you could get diseases from terrible smells. |
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On the 2nd of September in 1666 a fire started in the house
and shop of Thomas Farynor.
He was the baker to king Charles 2nd. The fire grew and spread and within
five days the city was destroyed. 87 churches and 13,200 houses burnt
down, but only 6 people are definitely known to have been killed. The
fire was helpful in a way. It was likely that the fire finally put an
end to the great plague that had broken the heart of the people and killed
17,440 out of the population of 93,000.
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