Articles tagged ‘Great Fire of London’

The Monument

By Chris | September 14th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

In 1666 in a fire started around midnight in the bakery of Thomas Farriner in Pudding Lane, close to London Bridge. The Great Fire of London went on to destroy large parts of the old city and led to a major rebuilding programme. As part of this new construction a monument was proposed that would [...]

 

A new look at London’s Great Fire

By Chris | March 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

The excellent Museum of London has a new exhibition starting this Friday 16th March, called London’s Burning. It tells the story of one of events that had an enormous impact on how the modern city evolved, the Great Fire of London.
In the mid 17th century there were two disasters that struck London, the Great Plague [...]