The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed central London. Several intrepid designers saw the rebuilding process as an opportunity to fix the old city's problems. None of these plans were ever adopted. Why?

New images created by students from De Montfort University in Leicester and the British Library show how London would have looked before the Great Fire of 1666. London before the Great Fire of 1666.

The team have put together two exceptionally detailed maps of the capital. The first, Tudor London, zooms in on the year 1520 ...

The Great Fire 1666 exhibition, as it's called ... the first of which will allow you to explore London as it was before the fire. Like a real museum, there will be audio clips peppered around ...

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In September 1666 the heart of England's capital, 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 Great Fire of London of 1666 needs little introduction ... picked out (blue text), and other buildings that survive from before the Great Fire (red). The obvious place to start is the Monument ...

London Bridge was not affected, as a previous fire of 1633 had ... for several decades after 1666 they were allowed to have projecting signs outside just as they had before the Fire.