Lockdown 1636

[AllanUK]

I have come across a book called 'Ralph Tailor's Summer' and found this:-

'8th May 1636, Around this date, the plague hit Newcastle - and hit hard. It is impossible to be sure when the first death came, but it was probably May the 7th or 8th - certainly this is the first day that the parish clerk of St Nicholas's had to write 'pl' alongside the deceased's name in the parish records.'

The entry goes on to say that the death toll mounted until the plague was killed off by the cold weather in December.

This next part of the entry is a parallel to the UK today:_

'Ordinary life ground to a halt. Captain Fenwick said the town was 'almost desolate, thy streets grown green with grass, thy treasury wasted, thy trading departed'. Some were quarantined in 'lodges' on the Town Moor. Others were shut up in infected houses for a period of six weeks'.

[Craclyn]

Interesting.

[stanmapstone]

I have come across a book called 'Ralph Tailor's Summer' and found this:-

'8th May 1836, Around this date, the plaque hit Newcastle - and hit hard. It is impossible to be sure when the first death came, but it was probably May the 7th or 8th - certainly this is the first day that the parish clerk of St Nicholas's had to write 'pl' alongside the deceased's name in the parish records.'

Ralph Tailor's Summer. Book Description: The plague outbreak of 1636 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne was one of the most devastating in English history.

See https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/how-plague-wiped-out-nearly-12121647
Stan

[AllanUK]

Hi Stan, many thanks for pointing out my typo - fingers and thumbs today!!

[River Tyne Lass]

Wow!! Allan this just goes to show that there is nothing new under the sun ..

Thanks for posting .. most interesting!