The Riley Graves are the burial site of the Hancock family, victims of the 1666 Plague outbreak at Eyam, Peak District, England

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Shaped almost like a teardrop, the drystone walled enclosure of the Riley Graves, set within the slope of Riley's Field near the village of Eyam, is the burial site of seven members of the Hancock family who fell victim to the Plague outbreak at Eyam in 1666, Eyam, Peak District, Derbyshire. The field is full of late spring flowers with a dense bank of flowering Gorse on the horizon

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Location: The Riley Graves near the village of Eyam, Derbyshire, Peak District, England
Photo credit: © Andrew Baskott / Alamy / Afripics
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