Mapping The Dark Death

In the summertime of 1665 London experienced a huge ascent inward the numbers of people dying from the Bubonic Plague. The Guardian has used historical information from the Bills of Mortality to nautical chart the progression of the plague parish past times parish over the cast of the summer.

In Mapping London's Great Plague of 1665 the paper has created a point density map showing the publish of plague burials past times parish per week. Underneath the point map an interactive graph allows you lot to sentiment the publish of burials inward full per week. You tin operate the graph to choose a calendar week to sentiment on the map.

When you lot choose a calendar week on the graph the map updates to exhibit the publish of burials inward each parish for that week. You tin mouse-over the private parishes on the map to sentiment the publish of burials inward the parish for the week. Above the calendar month you lot tin besides run across the full publish of plague burials inward London for the selected week.