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The Great Fire of London, depicted by an unknown painter (1675), as it would have appeared from a boat in the vicinity of Tower Wharf on the evening of Tuesday, 4 September 1666. To the left is London Bridge; to the right, the Tower of London. Old St Paul's Cathedral is in the distance, surrounded by the tallest flames.
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.
On Sunday, 2 September 1666 the Great Fire of London broke out at one o'clock in the morning at a house on Pudding Lane in the southern part of the City. Fanned by a southeasterly wind the fire spread quickly among the timber and thatched-roof buildings, which were primed to ignite after an unusually hot and dry summer. [ 33 ]
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.
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 source point for the Great Fire of London on 2 September 1666.
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