The map below shows a modern City of London, with the highlighted section showing the extent of the Great Fire. We have used Wenceslaus Hollar’s famous map of 1666 as our main source. As you can see, ...

The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed central London. Several intrepid designers saw the rebuilding process as an opportunity to fix the old city's problems. None of these plans were ever adopted.

Three short animations exploring The Great Fire of London of 1666 - the causes of The Fire, what happened during The Fire and how the city was rebuilt afterwards. 1. Why did The Great Fire of ...

Developed by the Museum of London, the map Great Fire 1666 takes players straight into the thick of 17th-century London when the terrible fire raged. Players can try to put out the flames ...

Built between 1597 and 1614, this is the only house in the City of London to have survived the Great Fire of London in 1666. 41-42 Cloth Fair in London’s Farringdon district Records tell us that the ...

In 1665, one year before the Great Fire of London, Newport was already a thriving market town with narrow streets filled by homes mostly made of wood. Tragedy struck on the afternoon of Friday ...

Read the small print.Credit: Jamie Brown Truly great cities are liberally sprinkled with such signs, inscriptions and carvings. London has thousands of them, each telling a snippet of a story that ...

Board Games. On this day 350 years ago the capital was in ruins after the Great Fire of London. Historian Adrian Tinniswood describes the massive clearing-up operation, and talks to New Generation ...

The London Fire Brigade said it had sent around 15 fire engines to the fire on Richmond Road in Kingston in a former commercial building. The blaze, which broke out at around 2.20pm, has prompted ...

A London Fire Brigade spokesperson told MyLondon: "We were called at around 11.30am on February 27 to reports of an e-bike alight on a platform at Rayners Lane Underground Station. Three fire engines ...