"He had been a commissioner at the Great Fire of London so he knew what the pitfalls were," he said. The events to mark the anniversary begin on 29 May with the Oak Apple Day parade and a service ...

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In 1665, one year before the Great Fire of London, Newport was already a thriving market town with narrow streets filled by homes mostly made of wood. Tragedy struck on the afternoon of Friday ...

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Discover the echoes of the past as we delve into the remnants of the Great Fire of London. 🔥 Join me on this journey through history and see how the resilient city rose from the ashes.

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Adrian Tinniswood is an adjunct professor of history at Maynooth University and the author of “By Permission of Heaven: The Story of the Great Fire of London.” In early September 1666, ...

American journalist Ernie Pyle watched the chaos unfold, and dubbed it the ‘Second Great Fire of London’. As the planes roared over London at around 6.15 pm on December 29, 1940, and dropped ...

Yet, unlike the London fire of 1666 – immortalised in a children’s nursery rhyme – few people are familiar with the terrible events which would come to be known as the Great Fire of Edinburgh.

Tom Elwick, from the Discovery Museum, in Newcastle, said: "All of the big events like the Great Fire of London get all the glory but this local event is something that changed the Quayside." ...