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The Great Fire of London was one of the most devastating disasters in the city’s history. In this video, we walk through a ...
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That doesn’t mean, however, that we can’t map retrospectively. I had a stab, many years ago, at hand-drawing a map of the wider London area in Anglo-Saxon times.
On September 2, 1666, 80% of medieval London burned to the ground in the largest fire in the city's history. The fire raged for more than three days, consuming huge swaths of the city, but the ...
Huge number of witches’ marks found at Tudor house in London an ‘astonishing’ discovery By Lianne Kolirin, CNN Oct 29, 2024 Updated Oct 29, 2024 0 1 of 4 ...
Bessie Surtees House on Sandhill is one of the only surviving structures left from before the fire Credit: ITV News Damage to property came in at around £500,000, the equivalent of more than £42 ...
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In 1694 the three-tier castle – now an ivy-smothered ruin – the castle was abandoned after becoming unsafe due to a large fire. Standing near the banks of the River Robe, Castlemacgarrett was ...
The Museum of London is due to open a new site in 2026. And in preparation for this, curators of the Great Fire gallery decided to examine the stories of everyday Londoners.
The Great Fire of London in 1666, which razed 436 acres of the mostly-timber city and lasted for four days, was so devastating it secured its place in the history books.