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Central London in 1666, with the burnt area shown in pink. This is a list of buildings that survived the Great Fire of London in 1666 and are still standing. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through central London from Sunday 2 September to Thursday 6 September 1666, [b] gutting the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall, while also extending past the wall to the west.
Palatial house built by Lewis Vulliamy for Robert Stayner Holford; replaced by the Dorchester Hotel. Drury Lane: 17th century: 1890: Drury Lane: Old houses which survived the Great Fire of London, including the former Cock and Magpie tavern (with sign), which had become Stockley's Bookshop by 1876. [10] East India House: 1729: 1861: Leadenhall ...
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. ... with houses required ...
1663 – Great Fire of Nagasaki destroys the port of Nagasaki in Japan. [7] Great Fire of London, 1666. 1666 – Great Fire of London of 1666, which originated in a baker's shop on Pudding Lane and destroyed much of London. 1675 – Great Fire of Northampton, England. The blaze was caused by sparks from an open fire in St. Mary's Street near ...
The Fire of London Disputes Act 1666 was an Act of the Parliament of England (18 & 19 Cha. 2.c. 7) with the long title "An Act for erecting a Judicature for Determination of Differences touching Houses burned or demolished by reason of the late Fire which happened in London."
Pudding Lane is a small street in London, widely known as the location of Thomas Farriner's bakery, where the Great Fire of London started in 1666. It runs between Eastcheap and Thames Street in the historic City of London, and intersects Monument Street, the site of Christopher Wren's Monument to the Great Fire.
The Olde Wine Shades is one of London's oldest public houses, having been built in 1663 in Martin Lane there is an oft quoted claim that it somehow survived the Great Fire of 1666. Its origins were as a Merchants house, which had a tunnel river entrance like many larger riverside properties in London at the time. The tunnel was sealed after ...