Listed Building record MDR6716 - Lydgate Gravestones and Enclosing Wall, Lydgate, Eyam

Lydgate gravestones and enclosing wall, Lydgate, Eyam, erected in 1666. 'In the parson's field, in the Lydgate, 2 recumbent gravestones are laid parallel to one another. These are 2 of the remianing memorials to victims of the Eyam plague, 1665-6.' (1) 'Two gravestones in walled enclosure with stile and signboard off lydgate, Eyam. These are the graves of a father and daughter and date from the 1665-6 plague.' (2) The gravestones are now standing upright. There is a plaque that reads "LYDGATE GRAVES/ PLAGUE VICTIMS/ GEORGE DARBY JULY 4TH 1666/ MARY DAUGHTER OF GEORGE DARBY/ DIED SEPT 4TH 1666" (3) Photographic record. (5-6) From the National Heritage List for England: 'SK 22 76 PARISH OF EYAM THE LYDGATE 6/56 (West Side) Lydgate Graves and Enclosing Wall II Pair of plague gravestones in enclosure. 1666 and early C20. Gritstone and limestone rubble. Pair of gravestones, that to south inscribed 'HERE LYETH BVR THE BODY OF GEORGE DARBY WHO DIED JULY 4TH, 1666', that to north inscribed 'MARY, THE DAUGHTER OF GEORGE DARBY, DYED SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1666'. Rubble enclosing wall with rubble copings. Listing NGR: SK2206376312.' (7)