The parish contains the village of Eyam and the surrounding countryside.
The history of the village is notable because when the plague broke out in 1666, the village went into voluntary quarantine to prevent the disease from spreading outside.
[1] Some of the listed buildings are associated with this event, including cottages occupied by the victims of the disease, and their gravestones.
Most of the other listed buildings are houses, cottages and farmhouses and associated structures.
The other listed buildings include a church, a cross and tombs in the churchyard, the rectory, a well head, water troughs, a set of stocks, and the former engine house to a lead mine, Download coordinates as: