Location and general description
An attractive gritstone built village, located high in the Derbyshire peak district. Eyam's fame as a former 'plague village' tends to somewhat eclipse its other history. On the day of our visit in 2008 we were forced to cut short our visit by sudden blizzard conditions!
Buildings
Eyam Hall
In the 17th C the hall was the residence for a time of Thomas
BRAY. In 1641 BRAY sold various fixtures and fittings to a Mr
William WRIGHT (Derbyshire Record Office: Wright of Eyam Hall,
D5430/14/1). The house has been in the WRIGHT family for the last 300
years (Eyam Hall web site).
Bradshaw Hall
In the 18th C , Pierce GALLIARD of Edmonton, Middx, resided here, his father Joshua GALLIARD having married Elizabeth BRADSHAW a daughter of the BRADSHAW's of Eyam. Pierce also had links with Enfield, Middx, and Burford, Oxon, where he owned various land.
People
A selection of those that had, or might have had, connections with this family.
The GALLIARD family
See notes on Bradshaw Hall above.
Related links
A selection of links to other sites with information about this place
- The Eyam Village site.
- The Eyam Hall site.
Bibliography
- Eyam Hall, Eyam Hall, 2008, online at http://www.eyamhall.co.uk/, Accessed 25 Jul 2008
- WOOD, William, The
History and Antiquities of Eyam (1842, 1845 &
1860, Transcribed by Andrew McCann 1999. Online at
http://www.genuki.org.uk),
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Eyam/Wood/BradshawHall.html.