People must be resilient, and government must help. Consider the case of London. On September 2, 1666, 350 years ago today, the Great Fire of London began. Abetted by a dry summer and a strong ...

Standing tall at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, the Monument to the Great Fire of London is a striking ...

the City of London (now London's financial district), was devastated by fire. Everyone knows the Great Fire of London started in a baker's shop in the aptly named Pudding Lane, but was it an ...

Then in 1666, the Great Fire swept through London, consuming the King’s Wardrobe. In the early 1200’s the Wardrobe was first formalized as an official department of the royal household ...

Track down the key sites, commemorations and even surviving fragments from the Great Fire of London. The Great Fire of London of 1666 needs little introduction. In one combustable nutshell ...

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. But a key part of this ...

New research has revealed the identity of the first person to discover the Great Fire of London, when the blaze started in 1666. Thomas Dagger, a 'journeyman' (skilled worker employed by someone ...

People must be resilient, and government must help. Consider the case of London. On September 2, 1666, 350 years ago today, the Great Fire of London began. Abetted by a dry summer and a strong ...

You can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. The Great Fire of London burned through 400 of the city's streets on 2 September to 5 September in 1666.

An illustration of the Great Fire of London. The west side of St Paul's Cathedral is on fire and people are fleeing from the gates of London with their belongings. The stones of St Paul’s flew ...