pockets drilled in the Boundary Stone full of vinegar for trading. This helped stop the spread of the plague by sterilising any coins that came in or out of Eyam. "Mompesson's Well", listed at Grade II by Historic England, is a substantial well on the edge of the village and another site for the exchange of payment for food and other essentials left by neighbouring parishioners. See also St Lawrence's Church, Eyam References 1639 births 1709 deaths 17th-century English Anglican priests History of Derbyshire Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge Clergy from Leeds People from Eyam