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Soon after midnight on Sunday, 2 September 1666, a fire started in Thomas Farriner's bakery on Pudding Lane, 0.7 kilometres (0.43 mi) to the southeast of St. Mary-le-Bow. During the course of the night, the easterly wind spread the fire through the city , consuming 300 houses in the first night alone.
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.
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.
The fire destroys more than 13,000 buildings including Old St Paul's Cathedral but only 6 people are known to have died. [2] 6 September – Cestui que Vie Act passed by Parliament to provide for disposal of the property of missing persons. 10 October – a "day of humiliation and fasting" is held a month after the Great Fire of London.
[a] A mesh cage was added in the mid-19th century to prevent people jumping to the ground, after six people died by suicide there between 1788 and 1842. [5] Three sides of the base carry inscriptions in Latin. The one on the south side describes actions taken by King Charles II following the fire. The inscription on the east side describes how ...
Candlewick is a small ward, [1] one of the 25 ancient wards in the City of London, England.. It was named after Cannon Street, which historically was called Candlewright (or Candlewick) Street, [2] and a small part of Cannon Street continues to be within the ward's boundaries.
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In the early hours of 2 September 1666, a fire broke out in the house of Thomas Farriner (sometimes spelt Farynor), a baker. The methods of firefighting at the time included the use of long sticks with hooks on the end, which were used to pull down buildings adjacent to those burning. This was meant to contain the fire by removing material it ...