Cucklet Church, formerly known as Cucklet Delph, is a

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west of

Jumber Brook Jumber Brook is a stream in Eyam in the Derbyshire Peak District. The stream originates to the north of the village at Highcliffe. The brook flows south through the middle of the village before meeting the Dale Brook in Middleton Dale near St ...

Eyam Eyam () is an English village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales that lies within the Peak District National Park. There is evidence of early occupation by Ancient Britons on the surrounding moors and lead was mined in the area by the Ro ...

, Derbyshire. The book ''Caves of the Peak District'' describes it as "A series of through arches in a prominent buttress." It lies within the Stoney Middleton Dale

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History

The cave was used as a church during the 1665 plague outbreak by William Mompesson. The cavern itself was used as Mompesson's pulpit, with local family groups standing in the valley. An annual plague commemoration service is held at the cave. The 19th-century

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author Samuel Roberts published ''Cucklet Church'', a poem that accompanied a description of Eyam and its history.

References

{{commons category Eyam Caves of Derbyshire Tourist attractions of the Peak District