Plague
Pulpit Ash
The ash is gone.
See it clearly
- What's there
- Cross in a railed enclosure
- Legend from
- Eakring
- Tone
- Sombre
A sermon under the ash.
In 1670 William Mompesson came to Eakring as rector. He had been at Eyam during its plague. The villagers feared he would bring infection, so he preached in the open air under an ash tree. A cross now marks the spot where Pulpit Ash stood.