Between June and September 1645 seventy villagers in East Coker, including Archdeacon Helyar and the Vicar, died of plague. They were buried in a communal grave just outside the churchyard in East Coker. In 2003 a gravestone was erected in their memory.
Memorial to the plague victims of East Coker
Plague burial site and memorial
Hi. I am aware of the plague memorial, but I hadn't before heard that Archdeacon Helyar and the Vicar died of plague. Do you have a citation or source for that information?
ReplyDeleteEast Coker Parish Council's website says that Archdeacon Helyar and the Vicar both died of plague in 1645:
ReplyDeletehttps://eastcokerparish.com/local-history-2/
They don't give the source of their information.