Cottage scenes during the cholera

A parish clergyman's diary records the 1832 cholera epidemic in a rural Devon parish, describing the rapid spread of illness, community responses such as a local Board of Health, sanitation measures, improvised hospital arrangements, and charitable relief, alongside frequent bedside visits, burial entries, and pastoral duties. The entries blend practical detail about drains, whitewashing, bedding, and supplies with religious reflection on penitence, prayer, resignation, and the solace sought at death, conveying both day-to-day management of the crisis and its moral and spiritual effects on villagers and clergy.