Mompesson's Well
Other OS name in the Parish of Eyam
Etymology
, commemorating the name of the Rev . William Mompesson , Vicar of Eyam during the plague years 1665 – 6 ; the well is said to be the spring into which articles and money were placed as a protection against the spreading of the disease .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Birds's Wood
- Black Hole Mine
- Bole Hill
- Bradshaws Mine
- Cliffstile Mine
- Cross Low
- Cucklet Church
- The Delf
- Eyam Dale
- Eyam Edge
- Eyam Moor
- Fieldend Gate Lane
- Gregory's Plantation
- Hanging Flat
- Highcliffe
- Highcliffe Mine
- Hollowbrook Wood
- Ladywash Mine
- Linen Dale
- Lover's Leap
- Lydgate
- Middleton Engine Mine
- Mill Lane
- Old Twelve Meer's Mine
- Riley Graves
- Rock Hall
- Shepherd's Flat
- Shining Cliff
- Sir William Hill
- Stanage Ho
- Auton Crofts