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Great Fire of London on In Our Time at the BBC; Fire of London website produced by the Museum of London, The National Archives, the National Portrait Gallery, London Fire Brigade Museum and London Metropolitan Archives for Key Stage 1 pupils (ages 5–7) and teachers; Records on the Great Fire of London 1666 from the UK Parliamentary Collections
Monument Yard, close to London Bridge [8] St Magnus, London Bridge: St Martin Pomary: Ironmonger Lane (east side) St Margaret Lothbury: St Martin Vintry: Southwark Bridge at Thames Street: St. Michael Paternoster Royal (ibid) St Mary Bothaw: South of Cannon Street: St Swithin's, Cannon Street [9] St Mary Colechurch: South end of Old Jewry: St ...
The second of the two great medieval fires of London, also known as "the Great Fire of Suthwark" , began on 10 July 1212 in Southwark, the borough directly to the south of London Bridge. The flames destroyed Our Lady of the Canons ( Southwark Cathedral , also known as St Mary Overie) and strong southerly winds pushed them towards the bridge ...
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.
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.
The Monument to the Great Fire of London, more commonly known simply as the Monument, is a fluted Doric column in London, England, situated near the northern end of London Bridge. Commemorating the Great Fire of London , it stands at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, 202 feet (61.6 m) in height and 202 feet west of the spot ...
Articles relating to the Great Fire of London (2–6 September 1666), which gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall. It threatened but did not reach the aristocratic district of Westminster , Charles II 's Palace of Whitehall , and most of the suburban slums .
Thomas Farriner (sometimes written as Faynor or Farynor; c. 1615 – 20 December 1670) was an English baker and churchwarden [1] in 17th century London. Allegedly his bakery in Pudding Lane was the starting point for the Great Fire of London on 2 September 1666. [2] [3] Map showing the extent of the Great Fire