From The Plague in Britain, on The Science Show:
Outside London, the disease spread wherever the plague flea travelled, and it is thought to have reached the village of Eyam in Derbyshire that September of 1665 in a box of tailor’s samples and old clothing sent to Edward Cooper, a village trader. … by mid-summer 1666 [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2005 by Scott Granneman
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