Comments on: Eyam – Plague Village http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/06/12/eyam-plague-village/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:01:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: BarkingBob http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/06/12/eyam-plague-village/comment-page-1/#comment-205903 BarkingBob Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:37:13 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=7050#comment-205903 Another good site about Eyam's history http://www.eyam.info/ Another good site about Eyam’s history
http://www.eyam.info/

]]> By: Rachel http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/06/12/eyam-plague-village/comment-page-1/#comment-205895 Rachel Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:17:37 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=7050#comment-205895 On Hob Moor in York in North Yorksire there are a few of those stones dotted around the boundries. The story goes that victims of various diseases and leprosy were kicked out of the city to live their remaining days on the Moor. Food and money and other transactions happened on the stones so no contact was made with the infected. Hob is also another word for Devil, so who knows the stories that place has to tell! On Hob Moor in York in North Yorksire there are a few of those stones dotted around the boundries. The story goes that victims of various diseases and leprosy were kicked out of the city to live their remaining days on the Moor. Food and money and other transactions happened on the stones so no contact was made with the infected.

Hob is also another word for Devil, so who knows the stories that place has to tell!

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