Eyam Parish Church of St Lawrence

E551950

Anglican parish church listed building

Eyam Parish Church of St Lawrence is a historic Anglican church in the Derbyshire village of Eyam, renowned for its association with the 17th-century plague outbreak and the community’s self-imposed quarantine.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Eyam parish church	3
Eyam Parish Church	1
Eyam Parish Church of St Lawrence canonical	1
Eyam Parish Church of St Lawrence churchyard	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5836718 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eyam Parish Church of St Lawrence
Context triple: [Eyam, hasLandmark, Eyam Parish Church of St Lawrence]

A. Elie Parish Church
Elie Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving the coastal village of Elie in Fife, Scotland.
B. Bury Parish Church
Bury Parish Church is a historic Anglican church in Bury, Greater Manchester, noted for its prominent tower and role as a focal point of the town’s religious and civic life.
C. Menstrie Parish Church
Menstrie Parish Church is a Christian place of worship serving the local community in the village of Menstrie, Scotland.
D. Banbury Cross
Banbury Cross is a historic market cross and well-known landmark in Banbury, Oxfordshire, famously associated with the English nursery rhyme "Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross."
E. Wilcote Chapel
Wilcote Chapel is a small historic chapel in the parish of North Leigh, Oxfordshire, known for its medieval origins and rural setting.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eyam Parish Church of St Lawrence
Target entity description: Eyam Parish Church of St Lawrence is a historic Anglican church in the Derbyshire village of Eyam, renowned for its association with the 17th-century plague outbreak and the community’s self-imposed quarantine.

A. Elie Parish Church
Elie Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving the coastal village of Elie in Fife, Scotland.
B. Bury Parish Church
Bury Parish Church is a historic Anglican church in Bury, Greater Manchester, noted for its prominent tower and role as a focal point of the town’s religious and civic life.
C. Menstrie Parish Church
Menstrie Parish Church is a Christian place of worship serving the local community in the village of Menstrie, Scotland.
D. Banbury Cross
Banbury Cross is a historic market cross and well-known landmark in Banbury, Oxfordshire, famously associated with the English nursery rhyme "Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross."
E. Wilcote Chapel
Wilcote Chapel is a small historic chapel in the parish of North Leigh, Oxfordshire, known for its medieval origins and rural setting.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican parish church ⓘ listed building ⓘ
affiliation	Anglican Communion ⓘ
architecturalStyle	medieval church architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Eyam plague ⓘ self-imposed quarantine of Eyam villagers ⓘ
builtBefore	17th century ⓘ
churchmanship	Anglican ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint Lawrence ⓘ
denomination	Church of England ⓘ
diocese	Diocese of Derby ⓘ
function	parish church ⓘ
governingBody	Parochial Church Council of Eyam ⓘ
hasAltName	St Lawrence’s Church, Eyam ⓘ linked to: Church of St Lawrence, Eyam
hasBells	church bells ⓘ
hasCemetery	Eyam Parish Church of St Lawrence churchyard ⓘ linked to: Eyam Parish Church of St Lawrence
hasFeature	chancel ⓘ churchyard with plague graves and memorials ⓘ nave ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ tower ⓘ war memorials ⓘ
hasMemorial	plague memorials in the churchyard ⓘ
hasService	regular Anglican worship services ⓘ special services commemorating the plague ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade II* listed building ⓘ
knownFor	association with the 1665–1666 plague outbreak in Eyam ⓘ memorials to plague victims ⓘ
locatedIn	Derbyshire ⓘ Eyam ⓘ Peak District ⓘ
locatedNear	Eyam Museum ⓘ Riley graves at Eyam ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
parish	Eyam ⓘ
province	Province of Canterbury ⓘ
region	East Midlands ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
subjectOf	local historical studies of the Eyam plague ⓘ
surroundedBy	Eyam village ⓘ linked to: Eyam
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedFor	Christian worship ⓘ commemoration of the Eyam plague ⓘ tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited